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The prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (IAs) is approximately 3% of the population, with incidence on the rise due to the increased utilization of neuro-imaging for diverse objectives.1,2 The average risk of rupture for unruptured IA is estimated to vary from 0.3% to exceeding 15% per 5 years.3 Ruptured IA is the primary aetiology of […]

ECTRIMS 2017 – Jeffrey Cohen Interview

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Published Online: Nov 3rd 2017

Jeffrey Cohen talks to us about proposed new updates to the McDonald criteria for MS diagnosis.

 

1. Why are revisions to the McDonald criteria needed? (0:05)
2. What are the limitations of the current criteria in special populations (i.e. paediatric, Asian and Latin American people)? (0:38)
3. What revisions have been proposed to the definition of MS phenotypes? (1:11)
4. How have the revisions reflected the increased value of CSF in diagnosis of MS? (2:23)
5. What revisions have been made to the MRI criteria for the diagnosis of MS? (3:46)

Speaker disclosures: Jeffrey Cohen serves as a consultant to Adamas and Celgene, and as Co-Editor of Multiple Sclerosis Journal – Experimental, Translational and Clinical.

 

Filmed at the 7th Joint ECTRIMS-ACTRIMS Meeting, Paris, France, October 2017.

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