Not every patient with multiple sclerosis should be treated at time of diagnosis.

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Published in Arch Neurol on April 01, 2006

Authors

Sean J Pittock1, Brian G Weinshenker, John H Noseworthy, Claudia F Lucchinetti, Mark Keegan, Dean M Wingerchuk, Jonathan Carter, Elizabeth Shuster, Moses Rodriguez

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

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