Increased diffusivity in acute multiple sclerosis lesions predicts risk of black hole

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 1694-1701

  Naismith, R T ^a   Xu, J ^a   Tutlam, N T ^a   Scully, P T ^b   Trinkaus, K ^b   Snyder, A Z ^a,b   Song, S K ^b   Cross, A H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 77952972242     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181e042c4     Document Type: Article

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