Greater loss of axons in primary progressive multiple sclerosis plaques compared to secondary progressive disease

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1190-1199

  Tallantyre, E C ^a   Bo L ^b,c,d   Al Rawashdeh, O ^a   Owens, T ^a   Polman, C H ^d   Lowe, J ^a   Evangelou, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axonal loss; Multiple sclerosis; Primary progressive; Secondary progressive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 66549110162     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp106     Document Type: Article

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