Thalamic involvement and its impact on clinical disability in patients with multiple sclerosis: A diffusion tensor imaging study at 3T

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1380-1386

  Tovar Moll, F ^a   Evangelou, I E ^a   Chiu, A W ^a   Richert, N D ^a   Ostuni, J L ^a   Ohayon, J M ^a   Auh, S ^a   Ehrmantraut, M ^a   Talagala, S L ^a   McFarland, H F ^a   Bagnato, Francesca ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b Building 10 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THALAMUS;

ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALAMUS;

EID: 68549136725     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1564     Document Type: Article

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