Alessio Bratina

TL;DR: In the early phase of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis the cognitive deterioration relies more on the development of brain parenchymal volume atrophy than on the extent of burden of disease in the brain.

TL;DR: Investigation of the relationship between involvement of specific areas of the brain and the occurrence of depression and anxiety in patients with multiple sclerosis found that anxiety is a reactive response to the psychosocial pressure put on the patients.

TL;DR: The data collected in this study are confirmatory and support the hypothesis that etiology of MS constitutes the effect of interplay between genetic and environmental risk factors, however, the relatively small number of cases and controls prevents firm conclusions.

TL;DR: Previous correlations of sexual dysfunction with various clinical variables are confirmed and an association between sexual dysfunction and destructive lesions in the pons, as detected by MRI, in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis is demonstrated.

TL;DR: Over a three-year period, treatment with IFN β-1a significantly slowed the progression of whole-brain and GM atrophy, and of T1-hypointense LV accumulation, when compared with the control group.