title: Does trauma trigger multiple sclerosis? 2: A medicolegal view.
abstract: Set against the scientific debate in multiple sclerosis are a number of medicolegal cases in which the scientific evidence has been examined in the context of specific events. It is instructive to understand something of the legal approach to cause and association, and to consider this in relation to individual cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurology, City Hospital, Birmingham B18 7OH.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Weatherby
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Weatherby
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Hawkins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014194:Traumatology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications*