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Multiple sclerosis is a chronic demyelinating disease primarily affecting the CNS. There is episodic reversible neurologic dysfunction. It has a variable clinical course and unpredictable course with four major categories: relapsing-remitting (85%), secondary progressive, primary progressive (10%), and progressive-relapsing (5%). Ocular disease presents as optic neuritis, uveitis, or neuro-ophthalmological disease. The majority of patients may show excellent recovery; permanent visual disability is possible if not treated adequately. Seventy-two percent of patients with MRI abnormalities convert to multiple sclerosis within 15 years.
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Nguyen, Q.D., Hassan, M., Agarwal, A. (2021). Multiple Sclerosis. In: Foster, C.S., Anesi, S.D., Chang, P.Y. (eds) Uveitis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52974-1_12
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