Multiple sclerosis and the accumulation of iron in the basal ganglia: Quantitative assessment of brain iron using MRI T2 relaxometry

European Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 136-143

  Burgetova, A ^a   Seidl, Z ^a,b   Krasensky, J ^a   Horakova, D ^a   Vaneckova, M ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Medical College   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Iron accumulation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis; T 2 relaxometry

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN LEVEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75549087860     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000279305     Document Type: Article

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