Earlier and more frequent diagnosis of multiple sclerosis using the McDonald criteria

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
² Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK Medical Statistics Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK Medical Statistics Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.

Wallace J Brownlee et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2015 May.

. 2015 May;86(5):584-5.

doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-308675. Epub 2014 Nov 20.

¹ Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
² Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK Medical Statistics Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK Medical Statistics Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.

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Keywords: MRI; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.

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