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  1. Multiple sclerosis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system). In MS , the immune system attacks the ...

  2. Multiple sclerosis - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    MRI multiple sclerosis lesions · Blood tests, to help rule out other diseases with symptoms like MS . · Spinal tap (lumbar puncture), in which a small sample of ...

  3. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Understanding multiple sclerosis

    According to the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America, more than 400,000 Americans are living with MS. About 20 percent of them have a parent, child or ...

  4. Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology - Overview - Mayo Clinic

    Multiple sclerosis and several other conditions cause damage to the myelin (demyelinating diseases). Your care team. Your neurologist brings together a ...

  5. Multiple sclerosis - Care at Mayo Clinic

    Mayo Clinic's world-renowned multiple sclerosis teams include neurologists, physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists (physiatrists), urologists, ...

  6. Demyelinating disease: What can you do about it? - Mayo Clinic

    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. In this disorder, your immune system attacks the myelin sheath ...

  7. Vitamin D and MS: Is there any connection? - Mayo Clinic

    Some research suggests that vitamin D may reduce the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS).

  8. Mayo Clinic Minute: What is MS?

    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common neurological disorders and ... "People often confuse it with muscular dystrophy, which is a completely different ...

  9. Multiple sclerosis long-term health management strategies - Mayo Clinic

    Even though managing MS symptoms may overshadow a person's medical concerns, regular preventive health care remains important. Women with MS should still get ...

  10. Emerging treatments for multiple sclerosis - Mayo Clinic

    I was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Are there any new treatments to help me fight this disease? Answer From Iris Marin Collazo, M.D..