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Table 3.

The McDonald criteria compared.

Classification	McDonald Criteria	McDonald Criteria	Pleocytosis (≥5 cells/µL)	Intrathecal Synthesis			CSF Oligoclonal Bands
Classification	McDonald Criteria	McDonald Criteria	Pleocytosis (≥5 cells/µL)	IgM	IgG	IgA	CSF Oligoclonal Bands
Multiple sclerosis	2005/2001	70	66%	37%	64%	16%	98.5%
Multiple sclerosis	2010	136	65%	35%	63%	13%	96%
p value	-	p = 0.0001	p = 1.0	p = 0.9	p = 1.0	p = 0.7	p = 0.4
Clinically isolated syndrome	2005/2001	255	55%	19%	40%	6%	65%
Clinically isolated syndrome	2010	189	52%	14%	33%	4%	55%
p value	-	p = 0.0001	p = 0.8	p = 0.4	p = 0.4	p = 0.7	p = 0.2

Cerebrospinal fluid findings in patients with multiple sclerosis and clinically isolated syndrome according to the McDonald criteria 2010 in comparison to the McDonald criteria 2005/2001.