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Multiple sclerosis, Marburg variant

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Multiple sclerosis, Marburg variant – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/847843300

The Marburg variant of MS is a rare, acute and monophasic variant of MS . By definition, it is a severe inflammatory demyelinating encephalomyelitis that leads to death within one year of disease onset . The lesions of the Marburg type are more widespread than those of prototypical MS, with inflammatory demyelination occurring either diffusely or in multifocal lesions.