Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Rockville, MD 20850

http://www.ahrq.gov/

Contract No. 290-02-0025

Prepared by:

Duke Evidence-based Practice Center, Durham, North Carolina

Investigators

Douglas C. McCrory, MD, MHS

Lisa A. Pompeii, PhD, COHN-S

Mark B. Skeen, MD

Sam D. Moon, MD, MPH

Rebecca N. Gray, DPhil

Jane T. Kolimaga, MA

David B. Matchar, MD

AHRQ Publication No. 04-E019-2

May 2004

ISBN: 1-58763-152-0

ISSN: 1530-4396

Suggested Citation:

McCrory DC, Pompeii LA, Skeen MB, Moon SD, Gray RN, Kolimaga JT, Matchar DB. Criteria to Determine Disability Related to Multiple Sclerosis. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 100. (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center, Durham, NC, under Contract No. 290-02-0025.) AHRQ Publication No. 04-E019-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. May 2004.

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