Longitudinal changes in diffusion tensor-based quantitative MRI in multiple sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-186

  Harrison, D M ^a   Caffo, B S ^c   Shiee, N ^b,d   Farrell, J A D ^b,e   Bazin, P L ^b   Farrell, S K ^a   Ratchford, J N ^a   Calabresi, P A ^a   Reich, D S ^a,b,f  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^e KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER; NATALIZUMAB;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TIME; TRACTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING;

EID: 78751624436     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318206ca61     Document Type: Article

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