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The Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is a method of quantifying disability in multiple sclerosis. The scale has been developed by John F. Kurtzke. The EDSS quantifies disability in eight Functional Systems (FS) and allows neurologists to assign a Functional System Score (FSS) in each of these. First public EDSS calculator (http://edss.neurol.ru) is developed, which allows to standardisation of neurostatus scoring. ==Functional systems== Kurtzke defines functional systems as follows:〔 *pyramidal *cerebellar *brainstem *sensory *bowel and bladder *visual *cerebral *other 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「expanded disability status scale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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