Relationships of brain white matter microstructure with clinical and MR measures in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-316

  Giorgio, Antonio ^a,b   Palace, Jacqueline ^c   Johansen Berg, Heidi ^a   Smith, Stephen M ^a   Ropele, Stefan ^d   Fuchs, Siegrid ^d   Wallner Blazek, Mirja ^d   Enzinger, Christian ^d   Fazekas, Franz ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clinical disability; Diffusion tensor imaging; Lesions; Multiple sclerosis; Tract based spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 75749119350     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22062     Document Type: Article

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