Recommended diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: Guidelines from the international panel on the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis

@article{Mcdonald2001RecommendedDC,
  title={Recommended diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: Guidelines from the international panel on the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis},
  author={W. Ian Mcdonald and Alistair Compston and Gilles Edan and Donald E. Goodkin and H. P. Hartung and Fred D Lublin and Henry F. McFarland and Donald W. Paty and Chris H. Polman and Stephen C. Reingold and Magnhild Sandberg‐Wollheim and William A. Sibley and Alan J. Thompson and Stanley van den Noort and Brian Y. Weinshenker and Jerry S. Wolinsky},
  journal={Annals of Neurology},
  year={2001},
  volume={50}
}
The International Panel on MS Diagnosis presents revised diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS). The focus remains on the objective demonstration of dissemination of lesions in both time and space. Magnetic resonance imaging is integrated with clinical and other paraclinical diagnostic methods. The revised criteria facilitate the diagnosis of MS in patients with a variety of presentations, including “monosymptomatic” disease suggestive of MS, disease with a typical relapsing‐remitting… Expand
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