Articles Tagged With: relapsing-remitting
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Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Multiple Sclerosis
This retrospective study of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with active relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis or progressive multiple sclerosis showed efficacy in relapse rate reduction and on magnetic resonance imaging and disability outcomes during a median post-transplant follow-up of about two years. There were risks, including death, associated with the treatment.
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Stem Cell Transplantation for MS Treatment
In this small study of the effect of mesenchymal stem cell treatment, both intravenous and intrathecal, in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis, the treatment was shown to be safe, and there was a trend showing some benefit in slowing disease progression, compared to the sham group. A larger randomized controlled trial is needed to confirm these early findings.