MRI criteria for multiple sclerosis: Evaluation in a pediatric cohort.
This study assessed the validity of established MRI criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS) in a cohort of 20 children with clinically definite MS. The authors found that many pediatric MS patients did not meet the MRI criteria established for adult-onset MS, particularly the McDonald MRI criteria for dissemination in space. The authors thus suggest that MRI criteria for adult MS be applied cautiously to pediatric MS patients.
Hahn
Cecil D
CD
Division of Neurology, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Shroff
Manohar M
MM
Blaser
Susan I
SI
Banwell
Brenda L
BL
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies