Detection of ventricular enlargement in patients at the earliest clinical stage of MS

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1689-1691

  Brex, P A ^c   Jenkins, R ^c   Fox, N C ^c   Crum, W R ^c   O'Riordan, J I ^c   Plant, G T ^a   Miller, D H ^b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

MS; Ventricular enlargement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034009929     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.8.1689     Document Type: Article

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