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Sunday, October 01, 2006
Age Should Not Deter Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis: Presented at ECTRIMS
MADRID, SPAIN -- October 1, 2006 -- In a new study of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) after the age of 60, nearly half of relapsing patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and patients with clinically isolated syndrome presented with signs of inflammation on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
This finding suggests that the disease course depends on the inflammatory component of MS and not just age, said researchers who presented the findings here on September 29th at the 22nd Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS).
"We have found that persons over 60 can have active relapses, emergence of new lesions and signs of inflammation just like people in their 20's," said lead investigator Robert Bermel, MD, fellow, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. "So these older patients are potentially candidates for treatment. But clinicians have been hesitant to make the diagnosis in older people."....
MADRID, SPAIN -- October 1, 2006 -- In a new study of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) after the age of 60, nearly half of relapsing patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and patients with clinically isolated syndrome presented with signs of inflammation on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
This finding suggests that the disease course depends on the inflammatory component of MS and not just age, said researchers who presented the findings here on September 29th at the 22nd Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS).
"We have found that persons over 60 can have active relapses, emergence of new lesions and signs of inflammation just like people in their 20's," said lead investigator Robert Bermel, MD, fellow, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. "So these older patients are potentially candidates for treatment. But clinicians have been hesitant to make the diagnosis in older people."....