Therapeutic strategies in multiple sclerosis. I. Immunotherapy

Open Access

29 October 1999

journal article
review article
Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences

Vol. 354 (1390) , 1697-1710
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1999.0513

Abstract

This review first addresses several general aspects of the immunotherapy of multiple sclerosis. Next, two approved immunomodulatory treatments, interferon–β and copolymer–1 (glatiramer acetate), are reviewed in more detail. Finally, other immunosuppressive therapies and experimental strategies are briefly discussed.

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