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. 1984 Oct;34(10):1368-72.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.34.10.1368.

A neurologic rating scale (NRS) for use in multiple sclerosis

J C Sipe, R L Knobler, S L Braheny, G P Rice, H S Panitch, M B Oldstone

A neurologic rating scale (NRS) for use in multiple sclerosis

J C Sipe et al. Neurology. 1984 Oct.

Abstract

A neurologic rating scale (NRS) has been developed for clinical assessment of MS patients. The scale has been tested on 250 MS patients. Assignment of the NRS score is based on assessment of each component of the neurologic examination and accurately reflects overall neurologic function. Clinical exacerbations are evident as significant deviations from baseline scores. There was close interexaminer correlation, with the range of variability no greater than 2.6%. The NRS is a simple, reliable, and sensitive scale that can be used with other objective measurements of neurologic function, such as neurophysiologic studies, in the clinical assessment of MS patients.

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