How do patients enter the healthcare system after the first onset of multiple sclerosis symptoms? The influence of setting and physician specialty on speed of diagnosis.

Laura BarinChristian P KammAnke SalmenHolger DresselPasquale CalabreseCaroline PotSven SchipplingClaudio GobbiStefanie MüllerAndrew ChanStephanie RodgersMarco KaufmannVladeta Ajdacic-GrossNina SteinemannJürg KesselringMilo A PuhanViktor von Wylnull null

Published in: Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) (2019)

For a quicker diagnosis, awareness of MS as a differential diagnosis of gait disorders and the co-occurrence of depression at onset should be raised, and these symptoms should be attentively followed.

Keyphrases

multiple sclerosis
end stage renal disease
sleep quality
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
primary care
emergency department
chronic kidney disease
mass spectrometry
prognostic factors
ms ms
white matter
patient reported outcomes