Risk Factors for Multiple Sclerosis after First Attack of Inflammatory CNS Demyelination

Abstract

Clinical, radiologic, or CSF factors predicting development of multiple sclerosis (MS) after a first inflammatory demyelinating attack were identified in 117 children (56% <10 years, 34% <6 years) participating in a nationwide retrospective multicenter study in the Netherlands.

Keywords

• clinically isolated syndrome
• encephalopathy
• corpus callosum