PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - J. A. Rosen TI - Prolonged azathioprine treatment of non-remitting multiple sclerosis AID - 10.1136/jnnp.42.4.338 DP - 1979 Apr 01 TA - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry PG - 338--344 VI - 42 IP - 4 4099 - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/42/4/338.short 4100 - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/42/4/338.full SO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1979 Apr 01; 42 AB - Two groups of 85 and 42 ambulatory patients with moderately advanced non-remitting multiple sclerosis were treated for six to 14 and three to six years with daily azathioprine. Less than 10% of these patients became confined to a wheelchair. This far exceeds any possible result in a group of non-remitting multiple sclerosis patients not so treated.