Oligoclonal bands predict multiple sclerosis in children with optic neuritis

We retrospectively evaluated predictors of conversion to multiple sclerosis (MS) in 357 children with isolated optic neuritis (ON) as a first demyelinating event who had a median follow-up of 4.0 years. Multiple Cox proportional-hazards regressions revealed abnormal cranial magnet resonance imaging...

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Main Authors:	Heußinger, Nicole (Author) , Karch, Stephanie (Author)
Format:	Article (Journal)
Language:	English
Published:	11 May 2015
In:	Annals of neurology Year: 2015, Volume: 77, Issue: 6, Pages: 1076-1082
ISSN:	1531-8249
DOI:	10.1002/ana.24409
Online Access:	Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.24409 Verlag, Volltext: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ana.24409/abstract
Author Notes:	Nicole Heussinger, MD, Evangelos Kontopantelis, PhD, Janina Gburek-Augustat, MD, Andreas Jenke, MD, Gesa Vollrath, MD, Rudolf Korinthenberg, MD, Peter Hofstetter, MD, Sascha Meyer, MD, Isabel Brecht, MD, Barbara Kornek, MD, Peter Herkenrath, MD, Mareike Schimmel, MD, Kirsten Wenner, MD, Martin Häusler, MD, Soeren Lutz, MD, Michael Karenfort, MD, Astrid Blaschek, MD, Martin Smitka, MD, Stephanie Karch, MD, Martin Piepkorn, MD, Kevin Rostasy, MD, Thomas Lücke, MD, Peter Weber, MD, Regina Trollmann, MD, Jörg Klepper, MD, Martin Häussler, MD, Regina Hofmann, MD, Robert Weissert, MD, PhD, Andreas Merkenschlager, MD, and Mathias Buttmann, MD for GRACE-MS (German-speaking Research Alliance for ChildrEn with Multiple Sclerosis)