Described is a method for diagnosing a person having multiple sclerosis (MS) or being at risk of developing MS, comprising the following steps: - providi ng a sample of a body fluid or tissue from said person, said sample containing at least one of the wild type SCF-Apoptosis-Response Gene- (wt-SARG-1-) protein and nucleic acids encoding wt-SARG-1, if taken from a person not having MS o r a risk of acquiring MS; - detecting the presence of wt-SARG-1-protein or nucleic acids encoding wt-SARG-1 in said sample and diagnosing MS or a risk of aquiring MS, if wt-SARG-1-protein or nucleic acids encoding wt-SARG-1 are no t present in said sample.
A METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A PERSON HAVING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS