Short-term evolution of individual enhancing MS studied with magnetization transfer imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 979-984

  Filippi, Massimo ^a   Rocca, Maria A ^a   Sormani, Maria P ^a   Pereira, Clodoaldo ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^b  

^a Dept Neurosci Sci Inst Osp S ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gadolinium DTPA; Magnetization transfer ratio; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0032825144     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(99)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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