Rare disease may offer clues to MS. (Moersch-Woltman syndrome) From: Inside MS | Date: June 22, 1989| Author: Shaw, Phyllis | COPYRIGHT 1989 National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Rare Disease May Offer Clues to MS

An Italian investigator at Yale University School of Medicine has a pilot grant from the Society to study an autoimmune central nervous system disease few doctors have ever seen. It is called Moersch-Woltman syndrome, "stiff-man syndrome," or SMS. (Actually it affects women more often than men.) He hopes that his immunologic approach to this disease will open doors to better understanding of another disease thought to be auto-immune: m...

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