Juvenile Onset MS faster to Progress but Slower to Disable than Adult Onset MS

"The average time to reach the secondary progressive phase of the disease is longer in patients who develop MS in childhood than in adult onset MS. . . .Reaching the next stage of disability is almost 10 years longer in pediatric-onset patients." So report researchers fromthe Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence located at Women and Children's Hospital, and the William C. Baird MS Center in Buffalo General Hospital (BGH), both Kaleida Health affiliates and UB teaching hospitals.