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Posted by CCFNeuro MD on June 12, 1997 at 13:27:22:

In Reply to: als treatment posted by Lynda Alan on June 06, 1997 at 18:07:29:

: I read an article recently about a woman with multiple sclerosis improving after being given a special kind of bone marrow transplant.  I wondered, since I have a 38 year old cousin with ALS who is declining quite rapidly, whether ALS and MS are anything alike and whether anyone has tried giving an ALS patient a bone marrow transplant?
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Multiple sclerosis  (MS) is an immune-mediated disorder.  The body