title: methods of treating multiple sclerosis and preserving and / or increasing myelin content methods of treating multiple sclerosis in a subject, including: reducing the frequency of relapse, reducing the annualized relapse rate, reducing the risk of disability progression, reducing the number of new or newly enlarging t2 lesions, reducing the number of gadolinium lesions; and methods of preserving / increasing myelin content in a subject having multiple sclerosis; by daily administering a composition containing a fumarate, such as dimethyl fumarate or monomethyl fumarate, to the subject. ************************************************** ******************* Abstract of the Patent Summary: "Methods of treating multiple sclerosis and preserving and / or increasing myelin content". The present invention relates to methods for treating multiple sclerosis in an individual, including: reducing the frequency of relapse, reducing the rate of annualized relapse, reducing the risk of disability progression, reducing the number of new ones, or recently enlarging lesions. t2, reduction in the number of gadolinium lesions; and methods of preserving / increasing myelin content in an individual who has multiple sclerosis; by daily administration of a composition containing a fumarate, such as dimethyl fumarate or monomethyl fumarate, to the subject.title: methods of treating multiple sclerosis and preserving and/or increasing myelin content methods of treating multiple sclerosis in a subject, including: reducing the frequency of relapse, reducing the annualized relapse rate, reducing the risk of disability progression, reducing the number of new or newly enlarging t2 lesions, reducing the number of gadolinium lesions; and methods of preserving/increasing myelin content in a subject having multiple sclerosis; by daily administering a composition containing a fumarate, such as dimethyl fumarate or monomethyl fumarate, to the subject. *********************************************