Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Benign MS in Compare with Non-Benign MS

Abstract

Background: Patients with benign multiple sclerosis (BMS) represent 10–20% of patients with MS, and are characterized by accumulation of modest or no disability over a long period of time. There is currently no generally accepted definition of BMS but most definitions are based on EDSS in connection with disease duration, i.e. EDSS ≤3.0 after 15 years' disease duration. The aim of this study was to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with benign MS (BMS) and compare them with non-benign MS (non-BMS) patients over the same period.