Multiple sclerosis (MS): classification
Evidence-based neurology checklist on multiple sclerosis (ms): classification: Relapsing remitting MS (RRMS) Repeated demyelinating attacks affecting different CNS areas lasting >24 hours or One demyelinating attack with MRI or CSF features of dissemination in time and place Primary progressive MS…
Relapsing remitting MS (RRMS)
- Repeated demyelinating attacks affecting different CNS areas lasting >24 hours or
- One demyelinating attack with MRI or CSF features of dissemination in time and place
Primary progressive MS (PPMS)
Secondary progressive MS (SPMS)
Benign (non-progressive) MS
Spinal onset MS
Pure spinal MS
Myelocortical MS
Cortically dominant MS
Oligoclonal band (OCB) negative MS
Marburg variant
Schilder’s disease (myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis)
Other forms and variants of MS
References
- Selchen D, Bhan V, Blevins G, et al. MS, MRI, and the 2010 McDonald criteria: A Canadian expert commentary. Neurology 2012; 79:S1-S15.
- Zeydan B, Gu X, Atkinson EJ, et al. Cervical spinal cord atrophy: an early marker of progressive MS onset. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 2018; 5:e435.
- Skoog B, Runmarker B, Winblad S, Ekholm S, Andersen O. A representative cohort of patients with non-progressive multiple sclerosis at the age of normal life expectancy. Brain 2012; 135:900-911.
- Skoog B, Runmarker B, Winbald S, Ekholm S, Andersen O. A representative cohort of patients with non-progressive multiple sclerosis at the age of normal life expectancy. Brain 2012; 135:900-911.
- Gajofatto A, Turatti M, Bianchi MR, et al. Benign multiple sclerosis: physical and cognitive impairment follow distinct evolutions. Acta Neurol Scand 2016; 133:183-191.
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