Differentiating multiple sclerosis from other causes of demyelination using diffusion weighted imaging of the corpus callosum

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 732-736

  Farber, Rebecca Straus ^a,b   DeVilliers, Laetitia ^b   Miller, Aaron ^a   Lublin, Fred ^a   Law, Meng ^b   Fatterpekar, Girish ^b   Delman, Bradley ^b   Naidich, Thomas ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ADEM; Apparent diffusion coefficient; Corpus callosum; Diffusion weighted imaging; Multiple Sclerosis; Neurosarcoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POSTINFECTION ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 70349694364     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21922     Document Type: Article

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