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  • View Article  MS's New Challenge: The McDonald Criteria 4 of 4

    MS's New Challenge: The McDonald Criteria 4 of 4

     

     

    (Table 1) New MS Diagnostic Criteria1

     

    Clinical
    (Attacks)

    Objective
    Lesions

    Additional Requirements
    To Make Diagnosis

     2 or
    more

    1

    • None; clinical evidence will suffice (additional evidence desirable but must be consistent with MS

    2 or
    more

        1

    • Dissemination in space by MRI or positive CSF and 2 or more MRI lesions consistent with MS or further clinical attack involving different site

    1
    (mono-symptomatic)

     2 or
    more

    • Dissemination in space by MRI or positive CSF and 2 or more MRI lesions consistent with MS and …
    • Dissemination in time by MRI or 2nd attack

    0

    (progression from onset)

    1

    · Positive CSF

        AND

    • Dissemination in space by MRI evidence of 9 or more T2 brain lesions

    or 2 or more cord lesions or 4-8 brain and 1 cord lesion

    or positive VEP with 4-8 brain and 1 cord lesion

    or positive VEP with 4-8 MRI lesions

    or positive VEP with less than 4 brain lesions plus 1 cord lesion

    AND

    • Dissemination in time by MRI or continued progression for one

     

    View Article  MS's New Challenge: The McDonald Criteria 3 of 4

    MS's New Challenge: The McDonald Criteria 3 of 4

     

    Cerebrospinal Fluid; is it useful?

     

    Spinal fluid immunologic markers were not felt by the ...   more »

    View Article  MS's New Challenge: The McDonald Criteria 2 of 4
    The diagnosis of MS requires objective evidence of lesions disseminated in time and space. MRI may contribute to   more »
    View Article  MS's New Challenge: The McDonald Criteria 1 of 4

    MS's New Challenge: The McDonald Criteria 1 of 4

     

     

    MS New Diagnostic Criteria

     

    MS's New Challenge: The McDonald Criteria

     

    Craig H. ...   more »

    View Article  Diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis

    Diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis

     

    As yet, there is no one definitive diagnostic test for multiple sclerosis. The scattered symptoms you might have experienced over the ...   more »