TY - JOUR
T1 - The hot bath test in multiple sclerosis
T2 - comparison with visual evoked responses and oligoclonal bands
AU - Rolak, L. A.
AU - Ashizawa, T.
PY - 1985/1/1
Y1 - 1985/1/1
N2 - ABSTRACT – We studied 50 patients with definite, probable, and possible multiple sclerosis (MS), prospectively (20 patients) and retrospectively (30 patients), to determine the value of the hot bath test for diagnosing MS and to compare it to visual evoked responses and oligoclonal bands. The hot bath test was abnormal in 8 of the 23 patients with definite MS (35%), and 4 of the 27 patients with probable or possible MS (15%). Only one patient with an abnormal hot bath test did not also have other evidence of definite multiple sclerosis. Our results suggest that the hot bath test seldom adds diagnostic information, especially when tests for evoked responses and oligoclonal bands are available.
AB - ABSTRACT – We studied 50 patients with definite, probable, and possible multiple sclerosis (MS), prospectively (20 patients) and retrospectively (30 patients), to determine the value of the hot bath test for diagnosing MS and to compare it to visual evoked responses and oligoclonal bands. The hot bath test was abnormal in 8 of the 23 patients with definite MS (35%), and 4 of the 27 patients with probable or possible MS (15%). Only one patient with an abnormal hot bath test did not also have other evidence of definite multiple sclerosis. Our results suggest that the hot bath test seldom adds diagnostic information, especially when tests for evoked responses and oligoclonal bands are available.
KW - Hot bath test
KW - multiple sclerosis
KW - oligoclonal bands
KW - visual evoked responses
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1985.tb01549.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1985.tb01549.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 4050319
AN - SCOPUS:0022392889
VL - 72
SP - 65
EP - 67
JO - Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
SN - 0001-6314
IS - 1
ER -