[Diagnostic criteria in clinical evaluation of multiple sclerosis: role of magnetic resonance imaging].
The objective of this article is to summarize the diagnostic criteria recommended by the International Panel on the Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis in 2001. The recommendations of another working group, the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Consensus Meeting, which met in Vancouver in 2001, concerning the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with multiple sclerosis are also presented in an effort to standardize the protocols for magnetic resonance imaging of these patients.
Hôpital Notre-Dame, Département de radiologie, 1560 Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, Québec H2L 4M1. belairm64@yahoo.fr
Manon
M
Bélair
Marc
M
Girard
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002170:Canada; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000592:standards; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic