The diagnostic criteria for MS reflect a growing understanding of the condition and the application of new advancements in medical technology to help improve diagnostic accuracy and reliability.

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-based molecular tests can reliably distinguish multiple sclerosis (MS) from other neurological ...

Presentation raises questions about EBV timing. Dalia Rotstein, MD, of the University of Toronto, discussed the findings and their implications in an oral presentation at the Amer ...

There is no single test that unequivocally detects MS. When faced with a patient whose symptoms, neurological exam results, and medical history suggest MS, physicians use a variety of tools to look ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — New research testing the newly proposed McDonald Criteria showed that 32% more patients with a radiological-only presentation and 28% more with an atypical presentation would ...

Investigators have identified patients who tested positive for the Epstein-Barr Virus 9 years after they were diagnosed with MS, challenging the prevailing notion that the virus precedes MS.

Doctors now have new tools to diagnose multiple sclerosis, or MS, earlier, sometimes even before a person experiences the symptoms of the autoimmune disease. MS is a disease where the immune system ...

The kFLC index and CVS are now part of the 2024 McDonald criteria, improving MS diagnosis accuracy and timing. kFLC index measures immune-related proteins with high sensitivity, while CVS identifies ...

Study data presented at ACTRIMS 2026 suggests clinical MS onset may precede laboratory-confirmed primary EBV infection in some patients.

For decades, multiple sclerosis (MS) has been defined primarily by its symptoms, rather than its underlying biology. Now, a ...