The Gut Microbiota and Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis: Recent Findings.

ABSTRACT: Pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, life-long neurological condition associated with inflammation and degeneration in the brain and spinal cord. Fortunately, < 5% of people with MS have their onset in childhood years. However, studying these very-early-onset cases of MS offers key advantages. In particular, with fewer years lived, children have had a limited range of exposures, potentially enhancing our ability to identify what might cause MS. Further, as the actual timing of the biological MS onset is unknown, the possibility to study these children much closer to the real onset of disease is far greater than in the typical adult with MS. Whether MS (in children or adults) can be prevented is unknown and the available drugs are only modestly effective in modifying the disease

SUBMITTER: Tremlett H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5794692 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature