Preferred Label : Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale Clinical Classification;
NCIt related terms : EDSS01; EDSS;
NCIt definition : A standardized rating scale developed by John F. Kurtzke in 1983 to measure the disability
status and level of functioning in people with multiple sclerosis primarily based
on ambulation. The questionnaire contains 1 question which is scored in half point
scores ranging from 0 (Normal neurological exam) to 10 (Death due to MS). A score
of 0 to 4.5 refers to people with a high degree of ambulatory ability; a score of
5 to 9.5 indicates the loss of ambulatory ability.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) (Kurtzke JF. Rating neurologic
impairment in multiple sclerosis: an expanded disability status scale (EDSS). Neurology.
1983 Nov;33(11):1444-52).;
Origin ID : C112520;
UMLS CUI : C3887783;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
