Pediatric MS - MS-like Symptoms

Here is my contribution to the articles written last week about Pediatric MS in MultipleSclerosisCentral.com. Children and young adults may exhibit MS-like symptoms that may never develop into MS.

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Pediatric MS: Is it MS?

by Vicki on Multiple Sclerosis
Thursday, August 12 2010

When a child exhibits MS-like symptoms, it probably means he or she has a problem with myelin. Whether the diagnosis turns out to be MS or not depends on the condition and the lesions. Kids Get MS, Too, by Jayne Ness MD-PhD FAAP, FAAN, tells the story of children 18 and under who have demyelinating conditions. It was published by the ... Read more

and Lisa Emrich wrote:

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