diagnostic algorithm

Last reviewed 06/2022

Does the patient present with:

  • more than one clinical episode suggestive of MS?
  • one clinical episode suggestive of MS?
  • a slowly progressive disorder suggestive of MS?

Ref:
McDonald WI, Compston A, Edan G, et al. Recommended diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: guidelines from the International Panel on the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Ann Neurol 2001; 50: 121-27.

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more than one clinical episode

one clinical episode

slowly progressive disorder

recognising a possible presentation of multiple sclerosis (MS)