Treatment of pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis Review article

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Agnieszka Wencel-Warot

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis is a rare pediatric-population inflammation and neurodegeneration disease with a high impact to a neurological condition and quality of life. An aggressive course of the disease in young patient’s population determines a necessity of a fast start and effective treatment. The Therapeutic Program of the Multiple Sclerosis Treatment is the main way of the pediatric’s patients treatment in Poland. It is possible to choose several drugs: interferons beta, glatiramer acetate, teriflunomide, dimethyl fumarate or, in case of a rapid progress of the disease – fingolimod or natalizumab. The more often a high-efficacy therapy is taken under consideration instead of an escalation model of the therapy. A good cooperation with the patient and parents is the main condition of the therapies’ success.

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