Getting older, getting worse: menopause as a turning-point for women living with multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease characterised by a multifactorial aetiology. Being a woman is the strongest risk factor for MS, by virtue of the sex alone. The existence of a gender bias is well known, since MS occurs more frequently in women than in men.1 2 Moreover, this predilection has increased almost worldwide, over the last few decades, and is the highest in Western countries situated in northern latitudes. Apart from the...