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Published on: February 19, 2021
Time to involve the multiple sclerosis expert community at large when revising the McDonald diagnostic criteria
1Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis, Medical College of Wisconsin, Hub of Collaborative Research, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States.
Abstract:
Prof. Kurtzke once said, "Multiple sclerosis is what a good clinician would call multiple sclerosis." Recent McDonald's diagnostic criteria revisions have allowed for earlier diagnoses over the past decades. Revisions often allowed increasing sensitivity but at the expense of lowering specificity. In this correspondence, I suggest that the multiple sclerosis expert community worldwide should be given the opportunity to comment and provide feedback on the proposed revisions of the diagnostic criteria before their publication via providing a duration where open commentaries are welcomed to allow for the expert panel to incorporate diverse feedback to improve the final product.

