Comprehensible Machine-Learning-Based Models for the Pre-Emptive Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis Using Clinical Data: A Retrospective Study in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is characterized by chronic deterioration of the nervous system, mainly the brain and the spinal cord. An individual with MS develops the condition when the immune system begins attacking nerve fibers and the myelin sheathing that covers them, affecting the communication between the brain and the rest of the body and eventually causing permanent damage to the nerve. Patients with MS (pwMS) might experience different symptoms depending on which nerve was damaged and how much damage it has sustained.