Researchers from Cleveland Clinic may have discovered a new subtype of multiple sclerosis called myelocortical MS, which is characterized by demyelination of spinal cord and cerebral cortex, not of cerebral white matter, according to a study published in Lancet Neurology.
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The Orthopedic Institute of the West, a new practice, opened in Scottsdale, Ariz., according to the Scottsdale Independent.
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