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To the Editor: In her article on optic neuritis, Balcer (March 23 issue)¹ points out that the patient with optic neuritis and multiple white-matter lesions, as seen on magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, is at increased risk for multiple sclerosis (which is correct) and that the treatment of such patients with interferon beta reduces or delays the "development of multiple sclerosis" (which is not correct). No treatment has been shown to reduce or prevent the development of multiple sclerosis, except with reference to a restricted window of time, which is clinically not a very meaningful way to think of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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