Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria of the GMSR.

From: Chances and challenges of a long-term data repository in multiple sclerosis: 20th birthday of the German MS registry

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Age ≥ 18 years

Indefinable MS disease type (according to McDonald or Poser criteria) at date of inclusion

Written informed consent provided

Inability to give informed consent

Diagnosed MS (according to the applicable McDonald or Poser criteria) with definable disease type or clinically isolated syndrome (CIS)

Primary residence in Germany

  1. CIS clinically isolated syndrome, MS multiple sclerosis.