Brain MRI findings in long-standing and disabling multiple sclerosis in 84 patients

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 286-290

  Renard, Dimitri ^a   Castelnovo, Giovanni ^a   Bousquet, Philippe Jean ^b   de Champfleur, Nicolas ^c   de Seze, Jérôme ^d   Vermersch, Patrick ^e   Labauge, Pierre ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^b NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^e LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Barkhof criteria; Brain MRI; Diffuse leukoencephalopathy; Distribution of lesions; Expanded disability status scale; Long standing and disabling multiple sclerosis; Spinal MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; RATING SCALE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77950067688     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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