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Article: Genes and MS susceptibility: a project whose time has come. (multiple sclerosis)
- Article from:
- Inside MS
- Article date:
- March 22, 1992
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1992 National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Susan, who is 35 and has a three-year-old daughter, has just learned that she has multiple sclerosis. She knows that a distant cousin also has the disease and wonders whether her daughter may develop it
Clifford has had a slowly progressive form Of multiple sclerosis for several years, but he wonders whether it may change to a more rapidly progressive form.
A young man with muscular dystrophy is being treated with a new therapy based on genetic findings in the disease. His neighbor, Cynthia, who has MS, wonders when such a treatment will be available for her.
The names are fictitious, but the questions are real. Answers to these and similar ...