Relative contributions of brain and cervical cord pathology to multiple sclerosis disability: A study with magnetisation transfer ratio histogram analysis

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 723-727

  Rovaris, Marco ^a   Bozzali, Marco ^a   Santuccio, Giuseppe ^a   Iannucci, Giuseppe ^a   Sormani, Maria Pia ^a   Colombo, Bruno ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Cervical cord; Histogram analysis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetisation transfer imaging; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033645920     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.69.6.723     Document Type: Article

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