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Aksel Siva, EAN 2018 – Treatment decisions in multiple sclerosis (Part 1)

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Published Online: Jun 29th 2018

Aksel Siva (EAN Programme Committee; Professor of Neurology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Turkey) talks to us about various treatment considerations in multiple sclerosis (MS): induction, individualised therapy, optimal therapeutic window and when to switch therapies. Part 1 of 2.

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1. What are the limitations of using induction therapy in multiple sclerosis (MS)? (0:12)
2. Given the lack of biomarkers, what features of MS do you consider most important to establish an individual treatment regimen? (3:23)

View Part 2 here.

Speaker disclosure: Aksel Siva has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.

Filmed at the 4th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), Lisbon, Portugal, June 2018.

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