Cervical cord functional MRI changes in relapse-onset MS patients

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-408

  Valsasina, P ^a   Agosta, F ^a   Absinta, M ^a   Sala, S ^a   Caputo, D ^b   Filippi, M ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950597745     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.187526     Document Type: Article

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