Longitudinal changes in myelin water fraction in two MS patients with active disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 49-53

  Vavasour, I M ^a   Laule, C ^a   Li, D K B ^a   Oger, J ^b   Moore, G R W ^c   Traboulsee, A ^b   MacKay, A L ^a,d  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (Canada)

^b Department of Medicine (Neurology)   (Canada)

^c Laboratory Medicine   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Myelin water fraction; New lesions; Water content

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GADOLINIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN WATER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN WATER FRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; TREATMENT DURATION; WATER CONTENT;

ADULT; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN SHEATH; WATER;

EID: 58149170724     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.08.022     Document Type: Article

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