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Alan J Thompson

Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, University College London
Verified email at ucl.ac.uk
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Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 revisions to the McDonald criteria

…, M Sandberg‐Wollheim, AJ Thompson… - Annals of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
New evidence and consensus has led to further revision of the McDonald Criteria for diagnosis
of multiple sclerosis. The use of imaging for demonstration of dissemination of central …

Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria

AJ Thompson, BL Banwell, F Barkhof… - The Lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
The 2010 McDonald criteria for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis are widely used in research
and clinical practice. Scientific advances in the past 7 years suggest that they might no …

Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2005 revisions to the “McDonald Criteria”

…, M Sandberg‐Wollheim, AJ Thompson… - Annals of Neurology …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
New diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis integrating magnetic resonance image
assessment with clinical and other paraclinical methods were introduced in 2001. The “McDonald …

Defining the clinical course of multiple sclerosis: the 2013 revisions

…, JA Cohen, GR Cutter, PS Sørensen, AJ Thompson… - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Accurate clinical course descriptions (phenotypes) of multiple sclerosis (MS) are important
for communication, prognostication, design and recruitment of clinical trials, and treatment …

Non-invasive mapping of connections between human thalamus and cortex using diffusion imaging

…, K Sheehan, O Ciccarelli, AJ Thompson… - Nature …, 2003 - nature.com
Evidence concerning anatomical connectivities in the human brain is sparse and based largely
on limited post-mortem observations. Diffusion tensor imaging has previously been used …

Atlas of multiple sclerosis 2013: a growing global problem with widespread inequity

…, H Tremlett, C Baker, BV Taylor, AJ Thompson - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the world's most common neurologic disorders, and in
many countries it is the leading cause of nontraumatic neurologic disability in young adults. …

[HTML][HTML] A longitudinal study of abnormalities on MRI and disability from multiple sclerosis

…, JI O'Riordan, M Sailer, AJ Thompson… - … England Journal of …, 2002 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In patients with isolated syndromes that are clinically suggestive of multiple
sclerosis, such as optic neuritis or brain-stem or spinal cord syndromes, the presence of lesions …

Axonal loss in multiple sclerosis lesions: magnetic resonance imaging insights into substrates of disability

…, CH Polman, AJ Thompson… - Annals of Neurology …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) monitoring of disease progression in multiple sclerosis
is limited by the lack of correlation of abnormalities seen on T2‐weighted imaging, and …

Retinal nerve fiber layer axonal loss and visual dysfunction in optic neuritis

…, DF Garway‐Heath, AJ Thompson… - Annals of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Axonal loss is thought to be a likely cause of persistent disability after a multiple sclerosis
relapse; therefore, noninvasive in vivo markers specific for axonal loss are needed. We used …

ECTRIMS/EAN guideline on the pharmacological treatment of people with multiple sclerosis

X Montalban, R Gold, AJ Thompson… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease with new drugs becoming
available in the past years. There is a need for a reference tool compiling current data to aid …