Excess Mortality in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Starts at 20 Years from Clinical Onset: Data from a Large-Scale French Observational Study.

Excess Mortality in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Starts at 20 Years from Clinical Onset: Data from a Large-Scale French Observational Study.

Recent studies in multiple sclerosis (MS) showed longer survival times from clinical onset than older hospital-based series. However estimated median time ranges widely, from 24 to 45 years, which makes huge difference for patients as this neurological disease mainly starts around age 20 to 40. Prec...

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Main Authors: Emmanuelle Leray, Sandra Vukusic, Marc Debouverie, Michel Clanet, Bruno Brochet, Jérôme de Sèze, Hélène Zéphir, Gilles Defer, Christine Lebrun-Frenay, Thibault Moreau, Pierre Clavelou, Jean Pelletier, Eric Berger, Philippe Cabre, Jean-Philippe Camdessanché, Shoshannah Kalson-Ray, Christian Confavreux, Gilles Edan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4492994?pdf=render

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