Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease. In this progressive disorder, inflammation destroys the protective myelin nerve covering, leaving multiple areas of scar tissue (sclerosis). Symptoms and severity of symptoms vary widely and may progress into episodes of crisis alternating with episodes of remission.
Review Date: 09/28/2005
Reviewed By: J. Gordon Lambert, MD, Associate Medical Director; G. Eric Morgan,
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