Research shows that MRI scans at a person's first diagnosis could inform patients' treatment choices.
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Dr Susan Kohlhass, director of research at the MS society, said:"For someone newly diagnosed, who gets a list of 14 treatments, who has no information about how their MS might develop, it's really complicated."So knowing early what type and what kind of disability you might have is really helpful in making decisions about treatment and lifestyle choices."Melanie Ellis took part in the study, but not because it was going to tell her more about her own prognosis.
"Not everyone will want to know how their MS is going to turn out, but I'm the sort of person who likes to know.
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