This study evaluated criteria used in 2004, not current pediatric diagnostic guidance.
Neurology. 2004 Mar 9;62(5):806-8
Hahn CD, Shroff MM, Blaser SI, Banwell BL.
Division of Neurology, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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.
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Author: Hahn CD, Shroff MM, Blaser SI, Banwell BL.
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