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Eventually relapsing-remitting MS can become progressive MS as the good spells become shorter and less frequent.
BBC: Multiple sclerosis: New drug 'most effective'
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When the condition is diagnosed most will have a form of the disease know as relapsing-remitting MS, in which the symptoms can almost disappear for a time, before suddenly returning.
BBC: Multiple sclerosis: New drug 'most effective'
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Twenty had relapsing remitting MS, 15 had secondary progressive MS, and five had primary progressive MS. Researchers also recruited 15 healthy control patients free from ophthalmological or neurological disease as a comparison group.
CNN: Can an eye exam detect multiple sclerosis?
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In a subset of patients with relapsing remitting MS, the most common form of the disease, the correlation coefficient jumped to 0.69, suggesting an even stronger association between the retinal measurement and brain atrophy.
CNN: Can an eye exam detect multiple sclerosis?
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Beta-interferon has also been shown in studies to benefit to those with "relapsing-remitting" MS, in which the sufferer's condition is stable in between "attacks", which prove gradually more disabling.
BBC: MS drug 'should be restricted'
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In addition, Tysabri use could be limited to a subgroup of MS patients called "relapsing remitting, " one of four main variations of the disease.
FORBES: The Tysabri Game Plan
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There are different types of MS - most people with the condition have the relapsing remitting type where the symptoms come and go over days, weeks or months.
BBC: Simple eye scan can reveal extent of Multiple Sclerosis