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'''Multiple sclerosis''' (abbreviated '''[[MS]]''', formerly known as '''disseminated sclerosis''' or '''encephalomyelitis disseminata''') is a [[chronic (medicine)|chronic]], [[Inflammation|inflammatory]], [[demyelinating disease]] that affects the[[Central Nervous System|central nervous system (CNS)]]. Disease onset usually occurs in young adults, is more common in women and the disease has a [[prevalence]] that ranges between 2 and 150 per 100,000 depending on the country or specific population.<ref name="pmid11603614">{{cite journal |author=Rosati G |title=The prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the world: an update|journal=Neurol. Sci. |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=117–39 |year=2001 |pmid=11603614 |doi=}}</ref> MS was first described in 1868 by[[Jean-Martin Charcot]]. | '''Multiple sclerosis''' (abbreviated '''[[MS]]''', formerly known as '''disseminated sclerosis''' or '''encephalomyelitis disseminata''') is a [[chronic (medicine)|chronic]], [[Inflammation|inflammatory]], [[demyelinating disease]] that affects the [[Central Nervous System|central nervous system (CNS)]]. Disease onset usually occurs in young adults, is more common in women and the disease has a [[prevalence]] that ranges between 2 and 150 per 100,000 depending on the country or specific population.<ref name="pmid11603614">{{cite journal |author=Rosati G |title=The prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the world: an update|journal=Neurol. Sci. |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=117–39 |year=2001 |pmid=11603614 |doi=}}</ref> MS was first described in 1868 by [[Jean-Martin Charcot]]. | ||
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Overview
Multiple sclerosis (abbreviated MS, formerly known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata) is a chronic, inflammatory, demyelinating disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). Disease onset usually occurs in young adults, is more common in women and the disease has a prevalence that ranges between 2 and 150 per 100,000 depending on the country or specific population.[1] MS was first described in 1868 by Jean-Martin Charcot.