MRI of the corpus callosum in multiple sclerosis: Association with disability

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-177

  Ozturk, A ^a   Smith, S A ^a,b   Gordon Lipkin, E M ^a   Harrison, D M ^a   Shiee, N ^c   Pham, D L ^d   Caffo, B S ^a   Calabresi, P A ^a   Reich, D S ^a,b,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cognition; Corpus callosum; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetization transfer imaging; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UPPER EXTREMITY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449087608     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458509353649     Document Type: Article

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