[Multiple sclerosis : trends and management]. / Sclérose en plaques : actualités et perspectives thérapeutiques.

Multiple sclerosis affects almost 100 000 people in France with a higher prevalence among women. It is the most common cause of non-traumatic disability in the young adult. Recent years have been marked by a better understanding of the physiopathology and risk factors, as well as by an increase in the number of available treatments.