Study on Abnormal MRIs and the Risk of Developing Mulitple Sclerosis Featured in the International Journal of MS Care

Hackensack, NJ -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/31/2014 -- The Fall 2014 issue of the International Journal of MS Care (IJMSC), the leading peer-reviewed publication on multidisciplinary multiple sclerosis (MS) care and clinical research, features an article on “Longitudinal Follow-up of a Cohort of Patients with Incidental Abnormal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings at Presentation and Their Risk of Developing Multiple Sclerosis.” This study by Mio Nakamura, BS, Mark Morris, BS, Mirela Cerghet, MD, PhD, Lonni Schultz, PhD, and Stanton Elias, MD, found that patients lacking symptoms and MRI findings suggestive of MS were not at risk of developing clinically definitive MS during follow-up. However, the presence of MRI lesions suggestive of MS at presentation, described in the literature as radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS), increased the risk of developing MS later in life.