Table 3.

Laboratory findings in MS and diseases mimicking MS

	CSF oligoclonal IgG	Magnetic resonance imaging	Visual evoked potentials	Peripheral nerve and/or muscle involvment
Multiple sclerosis	+	+	+	-
Disseminated
encephalomyelitis	+	+	+	+
Devic's disease	+	+	+	+
HTLV-I assosiated
paraparesis	+	+	+	+
Nervous system AIDS	+	+	+	+
Neurolupus	+	+	+	+
Neurobrucellosis	+	+	+	+
Neuroborreliosis	+	+	+	+
Neurosarcoidosis	+	+	+	+
Chronic fatigue
postviral syndrome	+	+	+	+