Cerebrospinal fluid evaluation in patients with progressive motor impairment due to critical central nervous system demyelinating lesions.
Benan BarakatSteve MessinaShreya NayakRoman KassaElia SechiEoin Patrick FlanaganOrhun KantarciBrian G WeinshenkerB Mark KeeganPublished in: Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical (2022)
People with "critical" demyelinating lesion-induced progressive motor impairment typically have elevated intrathecal IgG (OCB and/or IgG) and similar clinical and radiological presentation regardless of CSF findings, therefore representing valid presentations of progressive demyelinating disease.