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SUBMITTER: Penner IK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3573673 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Penner Iris-Katharina IK Stemper Brigitte B Calabrese Pasquale P Freedman Mark S MS Polman Chris H CH Edan Gilles G Hartung Hans-Peter HP Miller David H DH Montalbán Xavier X Barkhof Frederik F Pleimes Dirk D Lanius Vivian V Pohl Christoph C Kappos Ludwig L Sandbrink Rupert R
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) 20120404 10
<h4>Background</h4>Cognitive dysfunction occurs at the earliest stages of multiple sclerosis (MS), including the stage of clinically isolated syndrome (CIS).<h4>Methods</h4>We evaluated the impact of interferon beta-1b (IFNβ-1b) 250 µg on cognitive performance during the CIS stage in the BENEFITstudy. Cognition was assessed by Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test-3" (PASAT-3") scores.<h4>Results</h4>Improvement in PASAT-3" score from baseline to year two was greater for IFNβ-1b treatment than pla ...[more]