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. 1973 Feb;36(1):124-6.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.36.1.124.

Long-term treatment of multiple sclerosis with azathioprine

W R Swinburn, L A Liversedge

Long-term treatment of multiple sclerosis with azathioprine

W R Swinburn et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1973 Feb.

Abstract

Nineteen patients with multiple sclerosis were treated with azathioprine for two years. There was no evidence that treatment prevented deterioration or reduced the number or severity of the relapses when compared with 24 control patients observed over the same period.

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