Benefit of repetitive intrathecal triamcinolone acetonide therapy in predominantly spinal multiple sclerosis: Prediction by upper spinal cord atrophy

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 349-355

  Lukas, Carsten ^a   Bellenberg, Barbara ^a   Drescher, Robert ^a   Koster, Odo ^a   Hahn, Horst K ^b   Rexilius, Jan ^b   Hellwig, Kerstin ^a   Schimrigk, Sebastian ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrophy; MRI; multiple sclerosis; spinal cord; triamcinolone acetonide

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOLUMETRY; WALKING;

EID: 77953437115     PISSN: 17562856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756285609343480     Document Type: Article

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