Relationship between brain MRI lesion load and short-term disease evolution in non-disabling MS: A large-scale, multicentre study

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-326

  Rovaris, Marco ^a,i   Rocca, Maria A ^a   Barkhof, Frederik ^b   Calabrese, Massimiliano ^c   De Stefano, Nicola ^d   Khalil, Michael ^e   Fazekas, Franz ^e   Fisniku, Leonora ^f   Gallo, Paolo ^c   Miller, David H ^f   Montalban, Xavier ^g   Polman, Chris ^b   Rovira, Alex ^g   Sombekke, Madeleine H ^b   Sormani, Maria Pia ^h   Stromillo, Maria Laura ^d   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c University Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

ⁱ IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

benign; disability; MRI; multicentre; multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 79953229600     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458510388824     Document Type: Article

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