title: [Multiple sclerosis--the great imitator!].
abstract: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is traditionally a clinical diagnosis based on relapsing and remitting multifocal CNS symptoms. In recent years new diagnostic tools such as cerebrospinal fluid analysis, magnetic resonance imaging and evoked potential testing have been developed. This article reviews diagnostic difficulties and discusses other medical conditions that can be mistaken for MS due to similar clinical, laboratory or radiological findings.
authors.affiliation: Medicinkliniken, Ostersunds sjukhus, Sweden.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Liedholm
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Binzer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fredrikson
mesh_terms: D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003095:Collagen Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Multipel skleros--det finns imitatörer!