Multiple sclerosis originated in women.
 Similarly to many autoimmune disorders, the disease is more common in women, and the trend may be increasing
== History ===== Medical discovery ===Robert Carswell (17931857), a British professor of pathology, and Jean Cruveilhier (17911873), a French professor of pathologic anatomy, described and illustrated many of the disease's clinical details, but did not identify it as a separate disease

