title: Clinical usefulness of cerebrospinal fluid evaluation.
abstract: The importance of analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), especially oligoclonal IgG bands, in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) and its predictive value in patients with clinically isolated syndromes has recently been evaluated and confirmed in several studies. Despite the focus on magnetic imaging techniques in modern MS diagnostic criteria, evaluation of CSF is of great usefulness both as a diagnostic and predictive tool.
authors.affiliation: Sten Fredrikson, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Neurology R54, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, S-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden, Tel: +46 736 841 179, Fax: +46 877 448 222, E-mail: sten.fredrikson@ki.se.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fredrikson
mesh_terms: D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D043025:Oligoclonal Bands / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D043025:Oligoclonal Bands