Spinal cord abnormalities in recently diagnosed MS patients: Added value of spinal MRI examination

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 226-233

  Bot, Joost C J ^a   Barkhof, F ^a   Polman, C H ^a   Lycklama A Nijeholt G J ^a   De Groot, V ^a   Bergers, E ^a   Ader, H J ^a   Castelijns, J A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 0842325649     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.62.2.226     Document Type: Article

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