Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40171883›Full record

ReviewInternal medicine journal2025

Advancements in multiple sclerosis.

Turlough Montague, James Drummond, Karl Ng, John Parratt

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Review in Internal medicine journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Sex- and age-specific associations ofAnnals of medicine · 2026
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  5. Immune reconstitution and tolerance-inducing therapies as promising therapeutic approaches in multiple sclerosis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Turlough MontagueDepartment of Neurology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4756-1756
James DrummondBrain Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Karl NgDepartment of Neurology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7973-3773
John ParrattDepartment of Neurology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) is increasing, and early diagnosis and treatment is essential in mitigating disability. While recent therapeutic advancements have significantly reduced relapse rates, the progressive and degenerative aspects of MS continue to pose major challenges. This year updates to the McDonald diagnostic criteria aim to enhance sensitivity and facilitate earlier use of disease-modifying therapies in asymptomatic patients. Additionally, novel biomarkers will gain ground in clinical practice and offer new approaches to optimising care. Following the widespread use of cell depleting immunosuppressive agents, innovative therapeutic directions such as chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) vaccination represent promising new directions in the management of MS. This clinical perspective provides a comprehensive overview of the disease while highlighting important advancements shaping the future of the field.

Indexed as

Multiple SclerosisBiomarkersEpstein-Barr Virus InfectionsHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsBiomarkersImmunosuppressive AgentsMRImultiple sclerosisneuroimmunologyneurology

Identifiers

PMID40171883
PMCPMC12155068

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