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Can a child inherit multiple sclerosis from a parent?
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No: Ms is an auto-immune disorder that arises not from genetics but from a sequence of events in ones life that triggers the process.
Answered 7/5/2012
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Risk: Although ms is likely mediated via susceptibility factors, the chance of a mother afflicted by ms having a child also with ms is only about 3-5%.
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