title: Natural history of multiple sclerosis: early prognostic factors.
abstract: Multiple sclerosis is a heterogeneous disease, and predicting its course is difficult at the individual level. In this article, clinical, demographic, and additional features that are associated with the risk of relapses and of intermediate-term disability are reviewed.
authors: Multiple Sclerosis Center, University of California, San Francisco, 350 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 908, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA. ellen.mowry@ucsf.edu
authors: Ellen M
authors: EM
authors: Mowry
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D018450:Disease Progression; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis