Starting early: MRI evidence of gray matter atrophy in children with multiple sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 13 PART 2, 2008, Pages 1065-1066

  Banwell, Brenda L ^a   Sled, John G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CELL LOSS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EDITORIAL; GRAY MATTER ATROPHY; INFLAMMATION; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 41549164352     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000307664.21566.a5     Document Type: Editorial

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