Best practice recommendations for laboratory analysis and reporting of cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal banding and associated tests for multiple sclerosis (MS): a consensus report from the harmonized CSF analysis for MS investigation (hCAMI) subcommittee of the Canadian society of clinical chemists (CSCC).

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Title: Best practice recommendations for laboratory analysis and reporting of cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal banding and associated tests for multiple sclerosis (MS): a consensus report from the harmonized CSF analysis for MS investigation (hCAMI) subcommittee of the Canadian society of clinical chemists (CSCC).
Authors: Higgins V; Alberta Precision Labs and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Electronic address: victoria.higgins@albertaprecisionlabs.ca., Parker ML; Alberta Precision Labs and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada., Ahmed B; Dynacare Laboratories, Brampton, ON, Canada., Bhayana V; Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada., Booth RA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital & Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Chen Y; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital, Horizon Health Network, Fredericton, NB, Canada; Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; Discipline of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial University, St John's, NL, Canada., Collier C; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada., Freedman MS; Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and The Ottawa Hospital Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Gagné M; Département du Laboratoire de biochimie, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, CHU de Québec, Québec, Canada., Ismail OZ; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care London and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada., Gifford JL; Alberta Precision Laboratories and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada., Macri J; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada., Moore CS; Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada., Newbigging A; Alberta Precision Labs and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada., Olayinka L; Alberta Precision Labs and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada., Poliakov I; Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada., Rodriguez-Capote K; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Interior Health Authority, Kelowna, BC, Canada., Schneider R; Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Thebault S; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada., Yang L; Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada., Beriault DR; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Source: Clinical biochemistry [Clin Biochem] 2026 Mar; Vol. 142, pp. 111098. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Feb 13.
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