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Multiple Sclerosis

What Are the Different Types of MS?

The disease is divided into four categories, but most people fall into the first one.

Neurologist Lauren B. Krupp, M.D., director of NYU Langone’s Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center in New York City, breaks down the different types of multiple sclerosis.

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