Magnetic resonance evidence of cortical onset of multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 933-941

  Calabrese, Massimiliano ^a   Gallo, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrophy; MRI; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; SCOTOMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549126590     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458509106510     Document Type: Article

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