MRI criteria in MS patients with negative and positive oligoclonal bands: Equal fulfillment of Barkhof's criteria but different lesion patterns

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 256, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1121-1125

  Huttner, Hagen B ^a   Schellinger, Peter D ^a   Struffert, Tobias ^a   Richter, Gregor ^a   Engelhorn, Tobias ^a   Bassemir, Teresa ^a   Mäurer, Mathias ^a   Garcia, Meritxell ^a   Schwab, Stefan ^a   Köhrmann, Martin ^a   Doerfler, Arnd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Oligoclonal bands

Indexed keywords

OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650466970     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5081-y     Document Type: Article

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