PMID- 3629127
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19870928
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 0035-6344 (Print)
IS  - 0035-6344 (Linking)
VI  - 57
IP  - 1
DP  - 1987 Jan-Feb
TI  - Non-clinical tests for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.
PG  - 33-40
AB  - Liquoral, Neurophysiological and Nuclear Imaging data were investigated in 29 
      patients suffering from Definite (11 cases), Probable (11 cases) and Possible (7 
      cases) Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The most sensitive tests were: Visual Evoked 
      Potentials (VEPs), altered in 75% of patients, Motor Evoked Potentials (MEPs), 
      abnormal in 75%, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in 72.4%. Somatosensory 
      Evoked Potentials (SEPs) were altered in 69.2% in PN-SEPs and in 53.6% in 
      MN-SEPs, whilst Brainstem Evoked Potentials (BAEPs) were altered in 30.8% of 
      cases. The results suggest that patients with suspected forms of MS should be 
      submitted, as routine diagnostic protocol, to a battery of EPs, including as a 
      first choice VEPs, MEPs and PN-SEPs. MRI should be performed to confirm a 
      diagnosis not supported by EP data, or for a comprehensive localization of the 
      demyelinating plaques.
FAU - Rossini, P M
AU  - Rossini PM
FAU - Caramia, M
AU  - Caramia M
FAU - Lavaroni, F
AU  - Lavaroni F
FAU - Spadaro, M
AU  - Spadaro M
FAU - Floris, R
AU  - Floris R
FAU - Tanfani, G
AU  - Tanfani G
FAU - Zarola, F
AU  - Zarola F
FAU - Traversa, R
AU  - Traversa R
FAU - Marciani, M G
AU  - Marciani MG
FAU - Bernardi, G
AU  - Bernardi G
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Italy
TA  - Riv Neurol
JT  - Rivista di neurologia
JID - 0413740
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Evoked Potentials, Visual
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Immunologic Tests
MH  - *Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Multiple Sclerosis/*diagnosis/immunology/physiopathology
EDAT- 1987/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1987/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1987/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1987/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1987/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1987/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Riv Neurol. 1987 Jan-Feb;57(1):33-40.