The number, location, and size of lesions can help predict the risk of progression from clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) to multiple sclerosis(MS) within one year, a new study shows.
The study, “MRI in predicting conversion to multiple sclerosis within 1 year,” was published in the journal Brain and Behavior.
Most patients diagnosed with MS initially present with CIS. In 50-70% of patients, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is taken at the time of CIS diagnosis, and it usually reveals multiple white matter brain lesions that suggest the presence of demyelination (or myelin loss, the process that underlies the pathology of MS).
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