[Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis].
Multiple sclerosis definition is anatomical. Its symptomatology is not specific and 4 main criteria are necessary in order to obtain a diagnosis of certitude or of presumption: 1) dissemination of signs and symptoms in space and time; 2) respect of age; 3) the symptomatology must be the expression of lesions affecting mainly the white matter; 4) elimination of other possible diagnosis. CSF examination, evoked potential and NMR study may help to the diagnosis, but no abnormality is specific of multiple sclerosis.
Service de neurologie et de neuropsychologie, hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris.
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D000367:Age Factors; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology
Diagnostic de la sclérose en plaques.