Abstract
Objectives: To investigate the impact of the 2017 revisions of McDonald criteria on the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) in a cohort of patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) and dissemination in space (DIS) of demyelinating lesions. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 137 patients with CIS + DIS from two Italian MS centers. Results: Application of the 2017 revisions of McDonald criteria in our cohort led to a diagnosis of MS in 82.5% of the patients who could have not been diagnosed with MS according to the previous criteria at the time of the first demyelinating event. After a follow-up of 3.8 ± 2.9 years, 85.8% of these patients eventually satisfied also the previous (2010) criteria. Conclusions: Application of the 2017 revisions of McDonald criteria results in an earlier diagnosis of MS in a large percentage of CIS patients destined to convert to MS.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2684-2687 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Neurology |
Volume | 265 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Biomarkers
- Clinically isolated syndrome
- Conversion
- Demyelinating Diseases
- Diagnostic criteria
- Dissemination in space
- Dissemination in time
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Immunologic Factors
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Multiple sclerosis
- Oligoclonal bands
- Retrospective Studies
- Symptomatic gadolinium enhancing lesion
- Time Factors