The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is pleased to offer you the new, FREE “MS Diagnosis & Management Healthcare Professional App”, a unique tool and resource that provides important information about the diagnosis and management of multiple sclerosis for practicing clinicians. The App is a concise compilation of up-to-date and easy-to-reference information that you can access at no charge as a FREE downloadable Apple and Droid “App”. (You can also download as a .pdf.)

Highlights of this App include:

• Signs and symptoms characteristic of MS

• The four MS disease courses

• 2010 Revised McDonald Diagnostic Criteria for MS

• Differential diagnoses

• Elements of the diagnostic workup, including typical findings on brain and spinal MRI, and cerebrospinal fluid analysis

• Common clinically-isolated syndrome presentations

• Treatment strategies including disease-modifying medications and relapse and symptom management

• Assessment scales including the Kurtzke Functional Systems Scores, Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale, Bladder Control Scale, and Two-Question Screening Tool for Depression

• National MS Society resources for clinicians and their patients