Clinical Significance of the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite
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- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 57 (9), 1319-1324
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.57.9.1319
Abstract
THE MULTIPLE Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC) is a multidimensional composite measure for multiple sclerosis (MS) clinical trials that was recommended by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) Clinical Outcomes Assessment Task Force.1 The MSFC was developed in response to the following consensus statement issued by participants in an international workshop on outcomes assessment:Keywords
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