Health priority
Understanding and living with multiple sclerosis
CT scan of the brain (illustrative image).
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By: Caroline Paré Follow
1 min
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease affecting the central nervous system by attacking the protective sheath of neurons.
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The defense system supposed to protect the body against external attacks turns against its own cells and attacks them for reasons that are still poorly understood.
What support for patients?
Where is the research?
Pr Jean Pelletier,
Head of the Neurology and Inflammatory Diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord Department at the
CHU de la Timone
in Marseille.
Chairman of the Medical-Scientific Council of the
ARSEP Foundation
.
Dr Ndiaga Matar Gaye,
neurologist at the Neurological Clinic of
the Fann National University Hospital Center
in Dakar, teacher-researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of
the Cheikh Anta Diop University
of Dakar in Senegal.
Gwendoline Michenet
, volunteer at the ARSEP Foundation, Foundation for aid in research on multiple sclerosis.
Municipal councilor in charge of disability in
Nanteuil-lès-Meaux.
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