Extent Of Brain Involvement At Diagnosis May Predict Rate Of Later Brain Atrophy In Patients With MS

... In patients with recently diagnosed multiple sclerosis, the extent of accumulated brain tissue loss and overall lesion load as determined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may predict the rate of cerebral atrophy over the following two years, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. ...