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Nature Reviews Neurology 1, 10–11 (1 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncpneuro0013

Multiple sclerosis can be confirmed by MRI 3 months after first scan

Caroline Barranco

Pestalozza IF et al. (2005) Monthly brain magnetic resonance imaging scans in patients with clinically isolated syndrome. Mult Scler 11: 390–394 Currently, patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) and brain lesions on MRI suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS), are offered a confirmatory MRI scan after 6 months.