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Profile of the Month : January 2009

Henri Goethals

Country: Belgium
Age: 62
Type of MS: Progressive MS
Year of Diagnosis: 1979

My attitude towards the disease has evolved considerably. In the beginning, nothing was stable or predictable, and everything was frightening. Now that the disease has taken a quieter course, life has become easier.

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Corpus callosum damage and cognitive dysfunction in benign MS

The authors used MRI techniques to study an important white matter structure commonly affected in MS in people with a long disease duration and little physical disability. They found an association between damage to this structure and cognitive function.

authors: Mesaros S, Rocca MA, Riccitelli G, Pagani E, Rovaris M, Caputo D, Ghezzi A, Capra R, Bertolotto A, Comi G, Filippi M

source: Hum Brain Mapp. 2008 Dec 9. [Epub ahead of print]

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Neuropathic pain behaviours in a chronic-relapsing model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)

This study investigated pain sensitivity using an animal model of MS and suggested that it may be due inflammation and scarring in the spinal cord.

authors: Olechowski CJ, Truong JJ, Kerr BJ

source: Pain. 2008 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print]

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MRI as an outcome in multiple sclerosis clinical trials

The authors investigated whether changes in the number of lesions in the brain can predict progression of disability in people with MS. They concluded that MRI changes do not help very much in predicting disability.

authors: Daumer M, Neuhaus A, Morrissey S, Hintzen R, Ebers GC

source: Neurology. 2008 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print]

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Genomic NGFB variation and multiple sclerosis in a case control study

The role of genes in the pathogenesis of MS is complex. The authors found an association between a gene called NGFB and MS, suggesting that it may be involved.

authors: Akkad DA, Kruse N, Arning L, Gold R, Epplen JT

source: BMC Med Genet. 2008 Dec 8;9(1):107. [Epub ahead of print]

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Pan-Asian Committee on Treatment and Research in MS holds inaugural congress in Malaysia

source: PACTRIMS

The Pan-Asian Committee on Treatment and Research in MS (PACTRIMS) held its first congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 21-22 November 2008.

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Person with MS with brain infection dies

source: MS Trust UK

A person with MS who developed a severe brain infection after taking Tysabri has died.

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Raising MS awareness in Spain on National MS Day

source: Federación Española para la Lucha contra la Esclerosis Múltiple

On 18 December 2008 Spanish MS societies used their national MS day to raise awareness and funds for MS.

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IVIG Shows Mixed Results in Two Studies

source: National MS Society USA

Recent studies testing intravenous immunoglobulin G (IVIG), a treatment involving infusions of pooled antibody proteins, showed mixed results in two recent studies in people with MS.

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Christmas bazaar raises US$16,000 for MS Society of Argentina

source: Esclerosis Múltiple Argentina

Esclerosis Múltiple Argentina (EMA), the MS Society of Argentina, raised US$16,000 at a Christmas bazaar on 11 December 2008.

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