Spinal MRI in patients with suspected multiple sclerosis and negative brain MRI

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 709-714

  Thorpe, J W ^a   Kidd, D ^a   Moseley, I F ^a   Thompson, A J ^a   MacManus, D G ^a   Compston, D A S ^b   McDonald, W I ^a   Miller, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Myelopathy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SYMPTOM; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0029932998     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.3.709     Document Type: Article

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