Eduardo Macedo de Souza Tieppo, Guilherme Diogo Silva, Tomás Fraga Ferreira da Silva, Roger Santana de Araujo, Mateus Boaventura de Oliveira, Mariana Gondim Peixoto Spricigo, Gabriela Almeida Pimentel, Igor Gusmão Campana, Bruno Batitucci Castrillo, Natalia Trombini Mendes, Larissa Silva Teixeira, Douglas Mendes Nunes, Carolina de Medeiros Rimkus, Tarso Adoni, Samira Luisa Apóstolos Pereira, Dagoberto Callegaro
BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis misdiagnosis remains a problem despite the well-validated McDonald 2017. For proper evaluation of errors in the diagnostic process that lead to misdiagnosis, it is adequate to incorporate patients who are already under regular follow-up at reference centers of demyelinating diseases. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate multiple sclerosis misdiagnosis in patients who are on follow-up at a reference center of demyelinating diseases in Brazil. METHODS: We designed an observational study including patients in regular follow-up, who were diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at our specialized outpatient clinic in the Hospital of Clinics in the University of Sao Paulo, from 1996 to 2021, and were reassessed for misdiagnosis in 2022...
October 3, 2023: Multiple Sclerosis: Clinical and Laboratory Research