2017 McDonald MS diagnostic criteria: Evidence-based revisions

RAPID COMMUNICATION Diagnostic Criteria for Multiple Sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald Criteria

Chris H. Polman, MD, PhD, Stephen C. Reingold, PhD, Brenda Banwell, MD, Michel Clanet, MD, Jeffrey A. Cohen, MD, Massimo Filippi, MD, Kazuo Fujihara, MD, Eva Havrdova, MD, PhD, Michael Hutchinson, MD, Ludwig Kappos, MD, Fred D. Lublin, MD, Xavier Montalban, MD, Paul O’Connor, MD, Magnhild Sandberg-Wollheim, MD, PhD, Alan J. Thompson, MD, Emmanuelle Waubant, MD, PhD, Brian Weinshenker, MD, and J...

Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald criteria

New evidence and consensus has led to further revision of the McDonald Criteria for diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. The use of imaging for demonstration of dissemination of central nervous system lesions in space and time has been simplified, and in some circumstances dissemination in space and time can be established by a single scan. These revisions simplify the Criteria, preserve their diag...

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Evidence-Based Public Health 2017

1Department of Preventive Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-49264 Kaunas, Lithuania 2Department of Hygiene and Dietetics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034 Krakow, Poland 3Cooperative Research Group for Evidence-Based Public Health (EBPH), Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen and Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and E...

Application of the McDonald criteria in Latin America

The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) is based on neurological symptoms and signs, alongside evidence of dissemination of central nervous system (CNS) lesions in space and time. In the absence of a sensitive and specific diagnostic test, diagnostic criteria are needed for diagnosing MS. The caveat to the application of the McDonald criteria is that alternative diagnoses must be excluded. The...