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			 </description><image><title>New England Journal of Medicine</title><url>http://content.nejm.org/icons/nejm_name_220.gif</url><link>http://content.nejm.org/</link></image><copyright>The New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and copyrighted Â© 2010 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.</copyright><language>en-us</language><item><title>EDITORIAL: Oral Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis â Sea Change or Incremental Step?</title><description>The long-awaited arrival of oral formulations for the treatment of relapsingâremitting multiple sclerosis is welcome news for the estimated 2.5 million people worldwide who have this chronic, disabling disease. Since...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/362/5/456?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>William M. Carroll, M.B., B.S., M.D., F.R.A.C.P.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04Â  FebÂ  2010 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/362/5/456?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Oral Cladribine for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Cladribine provides immunomodulation through selective targeting of lymphocyte subtypes. We report the results of a 96-week phase 3 trial of a short-course oral tablet therapy in patients with relapsingâremitting...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/362/5/416?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Gavin Giovannoni, M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D., Giancarlo Comi, M.D., Stuart Cook, M.D., Kottil Rammohan, M.D., Peter Rieckmann, M.D., Per Soelberg SÃ¸rensen, M.D., D.M.Sc., Patrick Vermersch, M.D., Ph.D., Peter Chang, Ph.D., Anthony Hamlett, Ph.D., Bruno Musch, M.D., Ph.D., and Steven J. Greenberg, M.D., for the CLARITY Study Group</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04Â  FebÂ  2010 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/362/5/416?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Oral Fingolimod or Intramuscular Interferon for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Fingolimod (FTY720), a sphingosine-1-phosphateâreceptor modulator that prevents lymphocyte egress from lymph nodes, showed clinical efficacy and improvement on imaging in a phase 2 study involving patients with multiple sclerosis.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Methods:&lt;/em&gt;...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/362/5/402?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Jeffrey A. Cohen, M.D., Frederik Barkhof, M.D., Giancarlo Comi, M.D., Hans-Peter Hartung, M.D., Bhupendra O. Khatri, M.D., Xavier Montalban, M.D., Jean Pelletier, M.D., Ruggero Capra, M.D., Paolo Gallo, M.D., Guillermo Izquierdo, M.D., Klaus Tiel-Wilck, M.D., Ana de Vera, M.D., James Jin, Ph.D., Tracy Stites, Ph.D., Stacy Wu, M.D., Shreeram Aradhye, M.D., and Ludwig Kappos, M.D., for the TRANSFORMS Study Group</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04Â  FebÂ  2010 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/362/5/402?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Oral Fingolimod in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Oral fingolimod, a sphingosine-1-phosphateâreceptor modulator that prevents the egress of lymphocytes from lymph nodes, significantly improved relapse rates and end points measured on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as compared...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/362/5/387?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Ludwig Kappos, M.D., Ernst-Wilhelm Radue, M.D., Paul O'Connor, M.D., Chris Polman, M.D., Reinhard Hohlfeld, M.D., Peter Calabresi, M.D., Krzysztof Selmaj, M.D., Catherine Agoropoulou, Ph.D., Malgorzata Leyk, Ph.D., Lixin Zhang-Auberson, M.D., Ph.D., and Pascale Burtin, M.D., Ph.D., for the FREEDOMS Study Group</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04Â  FebÂ  2010 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/362/5/387?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BASIC RESEARCH: Gray-Matter Injury in Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>Multiple sclerosis has been classified as a disorder affecting the white matter of the central nervous system. Foci of demyelination, scattered throughout the white matter, are conspicuous on gross postmortem...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/15/1505?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Richard A. Rudick, M.D., and Bruce D. Trapp, Ph.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08Â  OctÂ  2009 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/15/1505?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy after Natalizumab Monotherapy</title><description>We describe progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) caused by infection with human polyomavirus JC virus in a patient with multiple sclerosis who was treated with natalizumab. The first PML symptoms appeared...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/11/1081?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Hans LindÃ¥, M.D., Ph.D., Anders von Heijne, M.D., Eugene O. Major, Ph.D., Caroline Ryschkewitsch, B.S., Johan Berg, M.D., Tomas Olsson, M.D., Ph.D., and Claes Martin, M.D., Ph.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10Â  SepÂ  2009 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/11/1081?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Treatment of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Associated with Natalizumab</title><description>We describe the clinical and therapeutic course of a 52-year-old patient with multiple sclerosis in whom progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) developed after 12 months of therapy with natalizumab. The patient...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/11/1075?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Werner Wenning, M.D., Aiden Haghikia, M.D., JÃ¶rg Laubenberger, M.D., David B. Clifford, M.D., Peter F. Behrens, M.D., Andrew Chan, M.D., and Ralf Gold, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10Â  SepÂ  2009 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/11/1075?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Asymptomatic Reactivation of JC Virus in Patients Treated with Natalizumab</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) occurs in a fraction of patients with multiple sclerosis who were treated with natalizumab. Most adults who are infected with the JC virus, the etiologic...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/11/1067?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Yiping Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Evelyn Bord, B.S., Troy Tompkins, B.S., Janice Miller, B.S., Chen S. Tan, M.D., R. Philip Kinkel, M.D., Marion C. Stein, M.D., Raphael P. Viscidi, M.D., Long H. Ngo, Ph.D., and Igor J. Koralnik, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10Â  SepÂ  2009 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/11/1067?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>PERSPECTIVE: Reemergence of PML in Natalizumab-Treated Patients â New Cases, Same Concerns</title><description>When progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a rare demyelinating disease induced by JC virus, appeared in 2004 as a complication of natalizumab treatment for multiple sclerosis, a more common demyelinating disease,...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/11/1041?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator/><pubDate>Thu, 10Â  SepÂ  2009 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/11/1041?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>BOOK REVIEW: </title><description>This slim book contains 134 pages of text and 57 pages of notes and bibliographic references. Many of the references will not be readily available to most readers. The work...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/24/2621?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator/><pubDate>Thu, 11Â  DecÂ  2008 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/24/2621?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>EDITORIAL: Multiple Lessons for Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>Multiple sclerosis is a cruel disease. It strikes young adults, runs a chronic, unpredictable course, and is eventually disabling for many patients.1 Both inherited and environmental factors influence the risk...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/17/1838?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Stephen L. Hauser, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23Â  OctÂ  2008 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/17/1838?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Alemtuzumab vs. Interferon Beta-1a in Early Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Alemtuzumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody that targets CD52 on lymphocytes and monocytes, may be an effective treatment for early multiple sclerosis.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Methods:&lt;/em&gt; In this phase 2, randomized, blinded trial involving...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/17/1786?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>The CAMMS223 Trial Investigators</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23Â  OctÂ  2008 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/17/1786?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: B-Cell Depletion with Rituximab in RelapsingâRemitting Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; There is increasing evidence that B lymphocytes are involved in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis, and they may be a therapeutic target. Rituximab, a monoclonal antibody, selectively targets and...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/358/7/676?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Stephen L. Hauser, M.D., Emmanuelle Waubant, M.D., Ph.D., Douglas L. Arnold, M.D., Timothy Vollmer, M.D., Jack Antel, M.D., Robert J. Fox, M.D., Amit Bar-Or, M.D., Michael Panzara, M.D., Neena Sarkar, Ph.D., Sunil Agarwal, M.D., Annette Langer-Gould, M.D., Ph.D., and Craig H. Smith, M.D., for the HERMES Trial Group</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14Â  FebÂ  2008 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/358/7/676?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>PERSPECTIVE: The B Cell â Old Player, New Position on the Team</title><description>A phase 2 clinical trial of rituximab in the treatment of multiple sclerosis reported by Hauser et al. in this issue of the Journal (pages 676â688) provides important insights into...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/358/7/664?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator/><pubDate>Thu, 14Â  FebÂ  2008 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/358/7/664?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>CASE RECORDS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: Case 36-2007 â A 31-Year-Old Woman with Rash, Fever, and Hypotension</title><description>Dr. Jeffrey O. Greenberg (Medicine): A 31-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital because of facial swelling, fever, and hypotension.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The patient had relapsing and remitting multiple sclerosis, associated with severe...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/357/21/2167?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Marc S. Sabatine, M.D., M.P.H., Kian-Keong Poh, M.D., Jessica L. Mega, M.D., Jo-Anne O. Shepard, M.D., James R. Stone, M.D., Ph.D., and Matthew P. Frosch, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22Â  NovÂ  2007 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/357/21/2167?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>EDITORIAL: Old Suspects Found Guilty â The First Genome Profile of Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>High-resolution genomewide association studies using panels of 300,000 to 1 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) aim to define genetic risk profiles of common diseases. These studies herald a fundamentally new opportunity...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/357/9/927?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Leena Peltonen, M.D., Ph.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30Â  AugÂ  2007 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/357/9/927?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Risk Alleles for Multiple Sclerosis Identified by a Genomewide Study</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Multiple sclerosis has a clinically significant heritable component. We conducted a genomewide association study to identify alleles associated with the risk of multiple sclerosis.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Methods:&lt;/em&gt; We used DNA microarray technology...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/357/9/851?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>The International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30Â  AugÂ  2007 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/357/9/851?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS: Natalizumab for Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>A 30-year-old woman was evaluated for consideration of treatment options for multiple sclerosis. Two years earlier she had reported having vertigo. The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis was confirmed by clinical...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/356/25/2622?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Richard M. Ransohoff, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21Â  JunÂ  2007 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/356/25/2622?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Natural History of Multiple Sclerosis with Childhood Onset</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; The course and prognosis of childhood-onset multiple sclerosis have not been well described.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Methods:&lt;/em&gt; We used data from 13 adult neurology departments affiliated with the European Database for Multiple Sclerosis...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/356/25/2603?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Christel Renoux, M.D., Sandra Vukusic, M.D., Yann Mikaeloff, M.D., Gilles Edan, M.D., Michel Clanet, M.D., BÃ©nÃ©dicte Dubois, M.D., Marc Debouverie, M.D., Bruno Brochet, M.D., Christine Lebrun-Frenay, M.D., Jean Pelletier, M.D., Thibault Moreau, M.D., Catherine Lubetzki, M.D., Patrick Vermersch, M.D., Etienne Roullet, M.D., Laurent Magy, M.D., Marc Tardieu, M.D., Samy Suissa, Ph.D., and Christian Confavreux, M.D., for the Adult Neurology Departments KIDMUS Study Group</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21Â  JunÂ  2007 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/356/25/2603?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Lack of Association between Antimyelin Antibodies and Progression to Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Patients with a single episode of neurologic dysfunction and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans suggestive of multiple sclerosis are at high risk for clinically definite multiple sclerosis, but...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/356/4/371?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Jens Kuhle, M.D., Christoph Pohl, M.D., Matthias Mehling, M.D., Gilles Edan, M.D., Mark S. Freedman, M.D., Hans-Peter Hartung, M.D., Chris H. Polman, M.D., Ph.D., David H. Miller, M.D., Xavier Montalban, M.D., Frederik Barkhof, M.D., Ph.D., Lars Bauer, M.D., Susanne Dahms, Ph.D., Raija Lindberg, Ph.D., Ludwig Kappos, M.D., and Rupert Sandbrink, M.D., Ph.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25Â  JanÂ  2007 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/356/4/371?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Oral Fingolimod (FTY720) for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Fingolimod (FTY720) is a new oral immunomodulating agent under evaluation for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Methods:&lt;/em&gt; We randomly assigned 281 patients to receive oral fingolimod, at a dose...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/11/1124?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Ludwig Kappos, M.D., Jack Antel, M.D., Giancarlo Comi, M.D., Xavier Montalban, M.D., Paul O'Connor, M.D., Chris H. Polman, M.D., Tomas Haas, Ph.D., Alexander A. Korn, Ph.D., Goeril Karlsson, Ph.D., and Ernst W. Radue, M.D., for the FTY720 D2201 Study Group</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14Â  SepÂ  2006 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/11/1124?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>PERSPECTIVE: Fingolimod and Sphingosine-1-Phosphate â Modifiers of Lymphocyte Migration</title><description>Multiple sclerosis is considered an autoimmune disease in which CD4+ T cells and macrophages destroy oligodendrocytes, which synthesize and maintain axonal myelin sheaths in the central nervous system (CNS). This...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/11/1088?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator/><pubDate>Thu, 14Â  SepÂ  2006 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/11/1088?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>EDITORIAL: Selective Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>Natalizumab, a recombinant monoclonal antibody against Î±4 integrins, is the first selective immunomodulating drug for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and, by several criteria, is an advance over current therapies....</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/354/9/965?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Allan H. Ropper, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02Â  MarÂ  2006 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/354/9/965?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>REVIEW ARTICLE: Multiple Sclerosis â The Plaque and Its Pathogenesis</title><description>Substantial advances have occurred in the understanding of some of the central mechanisms underlying the inflammation, demyelination, and neurodegeneration that occur in multiple sclerosis since the topic was last reviewed...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/354/9/942?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Elliot M. Frohman, M.D., Ph.D., Michael K. Racke, M.D., and Cedric S. Raine, Ph.D., D.Sc.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02Â  MarÂ  2006 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/354/9/942?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Evaluation of Patients Treated with Natalizumab for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) was reported to have developed in three patients treated with natalizumab. We conducted an evaluation to determine whether PML had developed in any other treated...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/354/9/924?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Tarek A. Yousry, Dr.Med.Habil., Eugene O. Major, Ph.D., Caroline Ryschkewitsch, B.S., Gary Fahle, B.S., Steven Fischer, M.D., Ph.D., Jean Hou, B.S., Blanche Curfman, B.S., Katherine Miszkiel, M.D., Nicole Mueller-Lenke, M.D., Esther Sanchez, M.D., Frederik Barkhof, M.D., Ph.D., Ernst-Wilhelm Radue, M.D., Hans R. JÃ¤ger, M.D., and David B. Clifford, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02Â  MarÂ  2006 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/354/9/924?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Natalizumab plus Interferon Beta-1a for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Interferon beta is used to modify the course of relapsing multiple sclerosis. Despite interferon beta therapy, many patients have relapses. Natalizumab, an Î±4 integrin antagonist, appeared to be safe...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/354/9/911?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Richard A. Rudick, M.D., William H. Stuart, M.D., Peter A. Calabresi, M.D., Christian Confavreux, M.D., Steven L. Galetta, M.D., Ernst-Wilhelm Radue, M.D., Fred D. Lublin, M.D., Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, M.D., Daniel R. Wynn, M.D., Frances Lynn, M.Sc., Michael A. Panzara, M.D., M.P.H., and Alfred W. Sandrock, M.D., Ph.D., for the SENTINEL Investigators</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02Â  MarÂ  2006 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/354/9/911?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Natalizumab for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Natalizumab is the first Î±4 integrin antagonist in a new class of selective adhesion-molecule inhibitors. We report the results of a two-year phase 3 trial of natalizumab in patients...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/354/9/899?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Chris H. Polman, M.D., Paul W. O'Connor, M.D., Eva Havrdova, M.D., Michael Hutchinson, M.D., Ludwig Kappos, M.D., David H. Miller, M.D., J. Theodore Phillips, M.D., Ph.D., Fred D. Lublin, M.D., Gavin Giovannoni, M.D., Andrzej Wajgt, M.D., Martin Toal, M.B., M.F.P.M., Frances Lynn, M.Sc., Michael A. Panzara, M.D., M.P.H., and Alfred W. Sandrock, M.D., Ph.D., for the AFFIRM Investigators</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02Â  MarÂ  2006 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/354/9/899?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>EDITORIAL: Patients at Risk</title><description>In clinical trials, the term âpatients at riskâ refers to the altruistic people who volunteer to participate in studies of novel treatments. In this issue of the Journal, three reports123...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/353/4/417?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28Â  JulÂ  2005 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/353/4/417?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>EDITORIAL: Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy and Natalizumab â Unforeseen Consequences</title><description>In this issue of the Journal, there are reports describing in detail three patients in whom progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) developed during treatment with natalizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/353/4/414?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Joseph R. Berger, M.D., and Igor J. Koralnik, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28Â  JulÂ  2005 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/353/4/414?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in a Patient Treated with Natalizumab</title><description>We describe the clinical course of a patient with multiple sclerosis in whom progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), an opportunistic viral infection of the central nervous system, developed during treatment with...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/353/4/375?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Annette Langer-Gould, M.D., Scott W. Atlas, M.D., Ari J. Green, M.D., Andrew W. Bollen, M.D., and Daniel Pelletier, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28Â  JulÂ  2005 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/353/4/375?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Complicating Treatment with Natalizumab and Interferon Beta-1a for Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>A 46-year-old woman with relapsingâremitting multiple sclerosis died from progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) after having received 37 doses of natalizumab (300 mg every four weeks) as part of a clinical...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/353/4/369?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>B.K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, M.D., and Kenneth L. Tyler, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28Â  JulÂ  2005 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/353/4/369?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BASIC RESEARCH: Molecular Mimicry in Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>Most experts believe that multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which T cells recognize and attack components of the axonal myelin sheath and other features of the central nervous...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/349/2/185?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Hartmut Wekerle, M.D., and Reinhard Hohlfeld, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10Â  JulÂ  2003 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/349/2/185?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Antimyelin Antibodies as a Predictor of Clinically Definite Multiple Sclerosis after a First Demyelinating Event</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Most patients with multiple sclerosis initially present with a clinically isolated syndrome. Despite the fact that clinically definite multiple sclerosis will develop in up to 80 percent of these...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/349/2/139?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Thomas Berger, M.D., Paul Rubner, M.D., Franz Schautzer, M.D., Robert Egg, M.D., Hanno Ulmer, Ph.D., Irmgard Mayringer, M.D., Erika Dilitz, M.D., Florian Deisenhammer, M.D., and Markus Reindl, Ph.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10Â  JulÂ  2003 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/349/2/139?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>PERSPECTIVE: Do Myelin-Directed Antibodies Predict Multiple Sclerosis?</title><description>Multiple sclerosis is characterized by recurrent neurologic events (clinical relapses) that are attributable to multifocal lesions within the central nervous system. Lesions referred to as âactive plaquesâ are characterized by...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/349/2/107?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Jack P. Antel, M.D., and Amit Bar-Or, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10Â  JulÂ  2003 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/349/2/107?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>EDITORIAL: Î± Integrins as Therapeutic Targets in Autoimmune Disease</title><description>In this issue of the Journal, two groups of investigators report on clinical trials of natalizumab, a recombinant monoclonal antibody against Î±4 integrins, for the treatment of multiple sclerosis1 and...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/348/1/68?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Ulrich H. von Andrian, M.D., Ph.D., and Britta Engelhardt, Ph.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02Â  JanÂ  2003 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/348/1/68?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A Controlled Trial of Natalizumab for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; In patients with multiple sclerosis, inflammatory brain lesions appear to arise from autoimmune responses involving activated lymphocytes and monocytes. The glycoprotein Î±4 integrin is expressed on the surface of...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/348/1/15?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>David H. Miller, M.D., Omar A. Khan, M.D., William A. Sheremata, M.D., Lance D. Blumhardt, M.D., George P.A. Rice, M.D., Michele A. Libonati, M.S., Allison J. Willmer-Hulme, Ph.D., Catherine M. Dalton, M.B., Katherine A. Miszkiel, M.B., and Paul W. O'Connor, M.D., for the International Natalizumab Multiple Sclerosis Trial Group</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02Â  JanÂ  2003 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/348/1/15?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BASIC RESEARCH: An Array of Sunshine in Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>Multiple sclerosis is the most common nontraumatic disorder of the central nervous system in young adults. Twenty years after the onset of disease, 90 percent of cases will have entered...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/347/18/1445?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator/><pubDate>Thu, 31Â  OctÂ  2002 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/347/18/1445?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>CASE RECORDS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: Case 34-2002 â A 55-Year-Old Man with Cognitive and Sensorimotor Findings and Intracranial Lesions</title><description>A 55-year-old right-handed man was admitted to the hospital because of difficulty with his handwriting and motor problems in his right leg.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The patient, who was a teacher, had been well...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/347/18/1433?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Paula Ravin and E. Tessa Hedley-Whyte</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31Â  OctÂ  2002 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/347/18/1433?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>EDITORIAL: The Lesions of Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>The complex pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis includes inflammation and potentially disabling focal lesions that are associated with heterogeneous, often destructive pathologic changes disseminated throughout the white matter of the central...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/346/3/199?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator/><pubDate>Thu, 17Â  JanÂ  2002 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/346/3/199?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A Longitudinal Study of Abnormalities on MRI and Disability from Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; In patients with isolated syndromes that are clinically suggestive of multiple sclerosis, such as optic neuritis or brain-stem or spinal cord syndromes, the presence of lesions as determined by...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/346/3/158?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Peter A. Brex, M.D., Olga Ciccarelli, M.D., Jonathon I. O'Riordan, M.D., Michael Sailer, M.D., Alan J. Thompson, M.D., and David H. Miller, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17Â  JanÂ  2002 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/346/3/158?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Hepatitis B Vaccination and the Risk of Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Reports of multiple sclerosis developing after hepatitis B vaccination have led to the concern that this vaccine might be a cause of multiple sclerosis in previously healthy subjects.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Methods:&lt;/em&gt; We...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/344/5/327?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Alberto Ascherio, M.D., Dr.P.H., Shumin M. Zhang, M.D., Sc.D., Miguel A. HernÃ¡n, M.D., Dr.P.H., Michael J. Olek, M.D., Paul M. Coplan, Sc.D., Kimberly Brodovicz, M.P.H., and Alexander M. Walker, M.D., Dr.P.H.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01Â  FebÂ  2001 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/344/5/327?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Vaccinations and the Risk of Relapse in Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; There has been some concern that vaccination may precipitate the onset of multiple sclerosis or lead to relapses. Since the recent hepatitis B vaccination program in France, there have...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/344/5/319?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Christian Confavreux, M.D., Samy Suissa, Ph.D., Patricia Saddier, M.D., Ph.D., ValÃ©rie BourdÃ¨s, M.D., M.P.H., and Sandra Vukusic, M.D., for the Vaccines in Multiple Sclerosis Study Group</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01Â  FebÂ  2001 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/344/5/319?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>EDITORIAL: Relapse, Remission, and Progression in Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>Multiple sclerosis is the most common cause of severe neurologic disability in adults of northern European origin. At postmortem examination, the cardinal pathological features are multiple areas of focal loss...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/343/20/1486?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator/><pubDate>Thu, 16Â  NovÂ  2000 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/343/20/1486?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Relapses and Progression of Disability in Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; The influence of the patterns of onset of multiple sclerosis and relapses of the disease on the time course of irreversible disability is controversial.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Methods:&lt;/em&gt; In 1844 patients who had...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/343/20/1430?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Christian Confavreux, M.D., Sandra Vukusic, M.D., Thibault Moreau, M.D., and Patrice Adeleine, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16Â  NovÂ  2000 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/343/20/1430?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>REVIEW ARTICLE: Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>More than 100 years has passed since Charcot, Carswell, Cruveilhier, and others described the clinical and pathological characteristics of multiple sclerosis.1 This enigmatic, relapsing, and often eventually progressive disorder of...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/343/13/938?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>John H. Noseworthy, M.D., Claudia Lucchinetti, M.D., Moses Rodriguez, M.D., and Brian G. Weinshenker, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28Â  SepÂ  2000 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/343/13/938?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Intramuscular Interferon Beta-1A Therapy Initiated during a First Demyelinating Event in Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Treatment with interferon beta has been shown to help patients with established multiple sclerosis, but it is not known whether initiating treatment at the time of a first clinical...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/343/13/898?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Lawrence D. Jacobs, M.D., Roy W. Beck, M.D., Ph.D., Jack H. Simon, M.D., Ph.D., R. Phillip Kinkel, M.D., Carol M. Brownscheidle, Ph.D., Thomas J. Murray, M.D., Nancy A. Simonian, M.D., Peter J. Slasor, Sc.D., Alfred W. Sandrock, M.D., Ph.D., and the CHAMPS Study Group</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28Â  SepÂ  2000 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/343/13/898?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>EDITORIAL: New Treatment Options for Tremors</title><description>The revival and refinement of stereotactic neurosurgery represent the most important therapeutic advance in the treatment of movement disorders in the past 30 years. The majority of patients who undergo...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/342/7/505?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator/><pubDate>Thu, 17Â  FebÂ  2000 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/342/7/505?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A Comparison of Continuous Thalamic Stimulation and Thalamotomy for Suppression of Severe Tremor</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Deep-brain stimulation through an electrode implanted in the thalamus was developed as an alternative to thalamotomy for the treatment of drug-resistant tremor. Stimulation is thought to be as effective...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/342/7/461?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>P. Richard Schuurman, M.D., D. Andries Bosch, M.D., Ph.D., Patrick M.M. Bossuyt, Ph.D., Gouke J. Bonsel, M.D., Ph.D., Eus J.W. van Someren, Ph.D., Rob M.A. de Bie, M.D., Maruschka P. Merkus, Ph.D., and Johannes D. Speelman, M.D., Ph.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17Â  FebÂ  2000 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/342/7/461?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>EDITORIAL: Effects of Pregnancy and Delivery on Disease Activity in Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>Multiple sclerosis, an organ-specific autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, affects 250,000 to 350,000 persons in the United States. It is at least twice as common among women as...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/339/5/339?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator/><pubDate>Thu, 30Â  JulÂ  1998 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/339/5/339?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Rate of Pregnancy-Related Relapse in Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Methods:&lt;/em&gt; Multiple sclerosis often occurs in young women, and the effect of pregnancy on the disease is poorly understood. We studied 254 women with multiple sclerosis during 269...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/339/5/285?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Christian Confavreux, M.D., Michael Hutchinson, M.D., Martine Marie Hours, M.D., Patricia Cortinovis-Tourniaire, M.D., Thibault Moreau, M.D., and the Pregnancy in Multiple Sclerosis Group</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30Â  JulÂ  1998 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/339/5/285?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Axonal Transection in the Lesions of Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system and is the most common cause of neurologic disability in young adults. Despite antiinflammatory or immunosuppressive therapy,...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/338/5/278?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Bruce D. Trapp, Ph.D., John Peterson, B.S., Richard M. Ransohoff, M.D., Richard Rudick, M.D., Sverre MÃ¶rk, M.D., Ph.D., and Lars BÃ¶, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29Â  JanÂ  1998 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/338/5/278?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item><item><title>REVIEW ARTICLE: Management of Multiple Sclerosis</title><description>Multiple sclerosis is a common disease of the central nervous system affecting approximately 1 million young adults, mostly women, worldwide.1 It is characterized by episodic neurologic symptoms that are often...</description><link>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/337/22/1604?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</link><dc:creator>Richard A. Rudick, M.D., Jeffrey A. Cohen, M.D., Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, M.D., Revere P. Kinkel, M.D., and Richard M. Ransohoff, M.D.</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27Â  NovÂ  1997 00:00:00 -05:00</pubDate><guid>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/337/22/1604?rss=1&amp;ssource=collectionSearchRss&amp;queryTerm=30</guid></item></channel></rss><?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='http://rss.nejm.org/rss.xsl'?>