[Modern diagnostic methods in multiple sclerosis]

161 patients with multiple sclerosis were observed according to C. M. Poser's scale. The diagnosis was definite in 73.9% of cases, probable--in 14.9% and doubtful in 11.2% of patients. The diagnostic significance of magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) was estimated as well as of visual evoked potentials (VEPs), mid-latency auditory evoked potentials (MAEPs), viscocontrastoperimetry and pallesthesiometry (vibratory sensation). MRT revealed alterations in 80.3% of 71 cases (97.5% at definite diagnosis). The results of investigation of evoked potentials differed from normal values: VEPs in 100%, MAEPs in 72.6% of 26 patients observed. Visocontrastoperimetry revealed disorders in 75,2% of 113 cases, pallesthesiometry in toes--in 100%, in fingers--in 68.9% of 116 patients observed.