Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: systematic review

"Our results suggest that magnetic resonance imaging is a relatively poor test for both ruling in and ruling out multiple sclerosis. In clinical practice a false positive diagnosis of multiple sclerosis is potentially more dangerous than a false negative one because it implies unnecessary successive tests and treatments, or needless anxiety and psychological distress for the patient."
Source: British Medical Journal
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