Naila Makhani, Christine Lebrun-Frenay, Aksel Siva, Veronika Shabanova, Evangeline Wassmer, Jonathan D Santoro, Sona Narula, J Nicholas Brenton, Soe Mar, Francoise Durand-Dubief, Helene Zephir, Guillaume Mathey, Juan I Rojas, Jerome de Seze, Silvia Tenembaum, Robert Thompson Stone, Olivier Casez, Clarisse Carra-Dallière, Rinze F Neuteboom, Nusrat Ahsan, Hugo A Arroyo, Philippe Cabre, Grace Gombolay, Matilde Inglese, Celine Louapre, Monica Margoni, Filipe Palavra, Daniela Pohl, Daniel S Reich, Aurélie Ruet, Eric Thouvenot, Niklas Timby, Mar Tintore, Ugur Uygunoglu, Wendy Vargas, Sunita Venkateswaran, Helene Verhelst, Ronny Wickstrom, Christina J Azevedo, Orhun Kantarci, Eugene D Shapiro, Darin T Okuda, Daniel Pelletier
BACKGROUND: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and spinal MRIs are often obtained in children with the radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS) for diagnosis and prognosis. Factors affecting the frequency and timing of these tests are unknown. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether age or sex were associated with (1) having CSF or spinal MRI obtained or (2) the timing of these tests. METHODS: We analyzed children (≤ 18 y) with RIS enrolled in an international longitudinal study...
April 2, 2024: Journal of Neurology