MS Patients Who Smoke Show More Brain Atrophy, More Lesions, Than MS Nonsmokers

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Research published in the Aug. 18, 2009, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, showed that "ever-smokers" had more brain lesions and greater loss of brain volume, as well as higher scores on the Expanded Disability Status Scale , than MS patients who had no history of smoking.

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