A multiparametric MRI study of frontal lobe dementia in multiple sclerosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-144

  Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Rovaris, Marco ^a   Falautano, Monica ^a   Santuccio, Giuseppe ^a   Martinelli, Vittorio ^a   Rocca, Maria A ^a   Possa, Francesca ^a   Leocani, Letizia ^a   Paulesu, Eraldo ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dementia; Magnetization transfer imaging; MRI; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEMENTIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0032744003     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00266-X     Document Type: Article

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