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What factors help to predict the course of Multiple Sclerosis?
The variability of Multiple Sclerosis makes accurate prediction fallible, but a few factors may portend a good prognosis:
- Early age of onset (first symptoms before age 40)
- Sensory symptoms at onset (as opposed to weakness, ataxia, or other motor abnormalities)
- A relapsing–remitting course (vs a primary progressive symptom at onset)
- Female gender: women do better than men.
Sources
Lublin FD, Reingold SG, Cohen JA, Cutter GR, Sørensen PS, Thompson AJ, et al.: Defining the clinical course of multiple sclerosis. The 2013 revisions. Neurology 83(3):1-9, 2014.
