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MS Drug News, MS Risk Factors Create Headlines From American Academy Of Neurology Meeting This Week

Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience
Also Included In: Multiple Sclerosis
Article Date: 29 Apr 2009 - 0:00 PDT

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The annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is being held April 25th-May 2nd in Seattle. There will be hundreds of presentations related to MS, including news on MS drugs in the pipeline or now in use, as well as factors such as smoking that may increase the risk of getting MS.

As usual, the National MS Society plans to cover the most significant studies being presented there in a comprehensive summary that will be posted after the meeting has taken place.

In the meantime, the scientific abstracts presented at the meeting are available on the AAN's Web site.

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National Multiple Scleroris Society




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