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Editorial commentary
Survival in multiple sclerosis: things have changed
  1. Nina Grytten
  1. Correspondence to Dr Nina Grytten, Department of Neurology, Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Competence Centre, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen 5021, Norway; nina.grytten{at}helse-bergen.no

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2017-316210

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    Encouraging survival trends in multiple sclerosis during the last 60 years in Denmark

    In this issue Koch-Henriksen et al report on declining mortality among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in Denmark during 60 years in a nationwide sample of 12 847 patients with MS.1

    Survival during six decades has only been published once previously, in a recent Norwegian study by Lunde HM et al in this journal.2 Both papers conclude that survival in MS has increased. These are encouraging data, as a recent meta-analysis in JNNP concluded that other studies have found virtually constant mortality in MS over time.3

    The Danish and Norwegian studies provide the longest follow-up period ever presented on survival …

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    • Contributors NG is responsible for the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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