Interobserver agreement for diagnostic MRI criteria in suspected multiple sclerosis

Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 347-350

  Barkhof, F ^a   Filippi, M ^d   Van Waesberghe, J H T M ^a   Campi, A ^d   Miller, D H ^b   Ader H J ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Interobserver variation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN INJURY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032957262     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050762     Document Type: Article

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