Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Support Group
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I've read and heard that you have to have 2 to be dx'd. But what is a clinical episode?
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The revised criteria for diagnosis of MS include the following:
At least two attacks with objective clinical evidence of at least two lesions;
At least two attacks with objective clinical evidence of one lesion plus dissemination in space shown on MRI or two or more MRI lesions consistent with MS plus positive CSF finding or second clinical attack;
One attack with objective clinical evidence of at least two lesions plus dissemination in time on MRI or second clinical attack;
One attack with objective clinical evidence of one lesion, plus dissemination in space shown on MRI or two or more MRI lesions consistent with MS plus positive CSF finding and dissemination in time shown on MRI or second clinical attack;
Insidious neurologic progression suggestive of MS plus one year of disease progression determined retrospectively or prospectively and two of the following: positive brain MRI result (nine T2 lesions or at least four T2 lesions with positive Visual Evoked Potential), positive spinal cord MRI result with two focal T2 lesions, and positive CSF findings.