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Nature Clinical Practice Neurology (2008) 4, 234-235
doi:10.1038/ncpneuro0772  
Received 23 October 2007 | Accepted 5 February 2008 | Published online: 25 March 2008

Clinically isolated syndrome: the rationale for early treatment

Giancarlo Comi

Correspondence Institute of Experimental Neurology, Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 48, 20132 Milan, Italy

Email
 g.comi@hsr.it

Immunotherapy seems to alter the natural course of multiple sclerosis (MS), so there is a general view that treatment should be initiated as soon as a diagnosis is made. In this Viewpoint, Giancarlo Comi makes a case for extending the early treatment approach to patients with a first neurological event suggestive of MS.

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