Quanta: 2017 update to the McDonald criteria for diagnosing MS

BrainWaves: A Neurology Podcast

• Episode: Quanta: 2017 update to the McDonald criteria for diagnosing MS
• Website: BrainWaves: A Neurology Podcast
• Feed URL: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:214831941/sounds.rss
• Duration: 00:09:47
• Published: 2018-01-22 11:00

Did anyone else catch the recent update to the diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis? Me neither. Hopefully this episode will catch you up on it.

Produced by James E. Siegler. Music by Daniel Birch and Chris Zabriskie. The BrainWaves' podcast and online content are intended for medical education and entertainment purposes only.

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