"I think this study is too small to answer the question or whether or not uric acid levels are associated with clinical outcome and type of MS. The link between uric acid levels and outcome in Parkinson's disease was discovered by studiing the outcome in thousands of subjects. I still think urate may have a neuroprotective role in MS, but it will need larger numbers of MSers to work this out. Is this important? Yes, it is as this will indicate that anti-oxidants may be useful in MS."