Activity revealed in MRI of multiple sclerosis without contrast agent a preliminary report

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-142

  Horsfield, M A ^a   Rocca, M A ^b   Cercignani, M ^b   Filippi, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Scientific Institute Ospedale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Enhancement; Magnetization transfer; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034022503     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(99)00117-4     Document Type: Article

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