Evoked potential abnormality scores are a useful measure of disease burden in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Ann Neurol. 1998 Sep;44(3):404-7. doi: 10.1002/ana.410440320.

Abstract

Fifty patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis were examined and studied with serial evoked potential and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements as part of a clinical trial. An evoked potential abnormality score (EPAS) for each testing session was calculated consisting of the total number of abnormal tests. The EPAS correlated well with Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) at years 0, 1, and 2, with Spearman correlation coefficient scores of 0.68, 0.66, and 0.72, respectively. MRI lesion volume correlations ranged from 0.27 to 0.34 for the EDSS. EPAS are a potentially useful surrogate measure of clinical disability in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Disability Evaluation*
  • Disease Progression
  • Evoked Potentials / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Multiple Sclerosis / diagnosis*
  • Multiple Sclerosis / physiopathology*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Recurrence
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Research Design