Directional diffusion in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: A possible in vivo signature of Wallerian degeneration

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 420-426

  Henry, Roland G ^a   Oh, Joonmi ^a   Nelson, Sarah J ^a   Pelletier, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSF Multiple Sclerosis Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tracts; Multiple sclerosis; Normal appearing white matter; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GRAY MATTER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAXATION TIME; REMISSION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 0141730434     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10379     Document Type: Article

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