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PwMS Dx ~ Did you have O-bands AT THE TIME OF CONFIRMED DX?

View Poll Results: Did you have O-bands at the time of dx of MS?

I was not tested/test results were inconclusive

27.59%

I was not tested/test results were inconclusive
	16	27.59%

I did not have O-bands

25.86%

I did not have O-bands
	15	25.86%

I had <2 O-bands

12.07%

I had <2 O-bands
	7	12.07%

I had >2 O-bands (or my doc said the test was positive for O-bands)

34.48%

I had >2 O-bands (or my doc said the test was positive for O-bands)
	20	34.48%

I do not know the results of the testing I had for O-bands

I do not know the results of the testing I had for O-bands
	0	0%

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08-06-2008, 05:15 PM

Gazelle

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Gazelle

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I had O bands at dx and an elevated IgG index. 5 years later, no O bands on retest and the spinal fluid showed evidence of an inflammatory process, which two different neuros said was strongly suggestive of MS in the absence of any other cause (which there is none).

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