Pain in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
Open Access
- 1 August 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 60 (8) , 1089-1094
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.60.8.1089
Abstract
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) is a chronic disease with no curative treatment. Accordingly, symptomatic treatment is important. Pain has not previously been considered an important element of MS, but in recent years, acute and chronic pain syndromes have been recognized as symptoms in patients with MS.1-11 The reported prevalence of pain in patients with MS differs considerably, with figures ranging from 30% to 90%.1-3,5-14 Previous studies differ in design and type of pain registered. To our knowledge, no study has been based on a representative sample of the whole population of MS patients.Keywords
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