Parkinson's is completely a brain disease, unlike, say, multiple sclerosis, which causes more widespread damage.
"They'd rather have Lyme disease than multiple sclerosis, which has no cure, " he said.
It can also affect people with multiple sclerosis, which causes deterioration of the myelin sheath that protects nerves.
It developed and markets Sativex, a drug for treating multiple sclerosis which has limited availability in the UK.
A former wrestler who stood about 5 foot 5, Mr. Wellstone was recently found to have multiple sclerosis, which worsened a limp in his left leg.
Ms. Santos has a rare progressive form of multiple sclerosis, which, in 12 months, has stiffened her fingers and twisted her feet.
The immune system may have a role to play, and drugs similar to those used to treat multiple sclerosis, which also involves the immune system, may prove effective.
Millions more people are classified as disabled under the bill, including those with autism and multiple sclerosis, which entitles them to government benefits.
His speech is halting and slurred, owing to a long-standing mental disability and to multiple sclerosis, which was diagnosed more than twenty years ago.
In 2010, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which I wrote about at the time, then again when my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer.
