Thalamic neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 650-653

  Cifelli, Alberto ^a,b   Arridge, Marzena ^a   Jezzard, Peter ^a   Esiri, Margaret M ^b   Palace, Jacqueline ^b   Matthews, Paul M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0036830526     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10326     Document Type: Article

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