“…Different endpoints were adopted: a) the mean or median EDSS at a certain time 16,23,26,28 , b) time to reach disability markers by EDSS 0 and 2 16 15,26,27,28,29 , e) analysis of benign and malignant courses 2,28 . Besides the EDSS, another three scales were applied for assessing the disability: the Multiple Sclerosis Severity Score (MSSS) 20 , Patient Determined Disease Steps (PDDS) 17,21 and ADL Long Form Scale 24,25 (Table 1 and Table 2). Progression was considered as the increase of one point in the EDSS scale, not attributed to relapse, maintained for six months or more, without improvement, or for a progressive worsening of symptoms in six articles 2,15,26,27,28,29 .…”