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A member asked:

Have almost all symptoms of ms, except for og bands. two neuros have told me that absolutely no ms without, but other sources say 5-10% possibility.?

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Comments: Presence of oligoclonal bands helps confirm diagnosis, and in some series, 95-97% of pts showed presence of these. But if you do have MS, and lack these, prognosis for benign outcome is much higher. So, your dogmatic neurologists will be correct about 95% of the time.

Answered 8/18/2014

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