Review: ‘Gimme five’: future challenges in multiple sclerosis. ECTRIMS Lecture 2009

Hohlfeld, Reinhard (2010): Review: ‘Gimme five’: future challenges in multiple sclerosis. ECTRIMS Lecture 2009. In: Multiple Sclerosis, Vol. 16, No. 1: pp. 3-14

Abstract

This article is based on the ECTRIMS lecture given at the 25th ECTRIMS meeting which was held in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 9 to 12 September 2009. Five challenges have been identified: (1) safeguarding the principles of medical ethics; (2) optimizing the risk/benefit ratio; (3) bridging the gap between multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalitis; (4) promoting neuroprotection and repair; and (5) tailoring multiple sclerosis therapy to the individual patient. Each of these challenges will be discussed and placed in the context of current research into the pathogenesis and treatment of multiple sclerosis.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Form of publication: Publisher's Version
• Keywords: Multiple sclerosis, immunotherapy, biomarker, neuroprotection
• Faculties: Medicine
• Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health
• Alliance/National Licence: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
• Language: English