BEAM = BiCNU/carmustine, etoposide, Ara-C/cytarabine, and melphalan
CIS = clinically-isolated syndrome
CISer = some who has had a CIS
CPMS = chronic progressive MS
CSF = cerebrospinal fluid
DMT = Disease modifying therapy
DMTs = Disease modifying therapies
EPs = evoked potentials
HSCT = hematopoietic stem cell transplant
IRTs = immune reconstitution therapies
MS = multiple sclerosis
MSer = someone with MS
MSologist = neurologist with a subspecialty interest in MS
OCBs = oligoclonal IgG bands
PPMS = primary progressive MS
PPMSer = someone with PPMS
PRMS = progressive-relapsing MS
RIS = radiologically-isolated syndrome
RISer = someone with a radiologically isolated syndrome
RRMS = relapsing-remitting MS
SAP = single attack progressive MS
SPMS = secondary progressive MS
SPMSer = someone with SPMS