Neuromyelitis optica diagnosis in clinically isolated syndromes suggestive of multiple sclerosis

Marta Rubiera, J. Rio, M. Tintore, C. Nos, A. Rovira, N. Tellez, X. Montalban

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The authors assessed the extent of overlap between current diagnostic criteria of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and multiple sclerosis ( MS) by applying NMO criteria to a large cohort of 320 patients with clinically isolated syndromes (CIS). Twenty-three (7.2%) patients fulfilled NMO absolute criteria at some time and 1 (0.3%) also fulfilled one major supportive criterion. Therefore, even by systematically applying NMO criteria in patients with CIS, NMO diagnosis is reached infrequently.
Idioma originalAnglès
Pàgines (de-a)1568-1570
Nombre de pàgines3
RevistaNeurology
Volum66
Número10
DOIs
Estat de la publicacióPublicada - 23 de maig 2006

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