Infratentorial lesion volume correlates with sensory functional system in multiple sclerosis patients: A 3.0-Tesla MRI study;Correlazione tra volume lesionale sotto-tentoriale e sistema funzionale sensoriale in pazienti con sclerosi multipla: uno studio RM a 3 Tesla

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-124

  Quattrocchi, C C ^a,b   Cherubini, A ^a   Luccichenti, G ^a   Grasso, M G ^a   Nocentini, U ^a   Beomonte Zobel, B ^b   Sabatini, U ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical correlation; Lesion volume; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77949264846     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-009-0477-7     Document Type: Article

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