Assessing abnormal iron content in the deep gray matter of patients with multiple sclerosis versus healthy controls

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 252-258

  Habib, C A ^a,b   Liu, M ^a,b   Bawany, N ^a   Garbern, J ^c   Krumbein, I ^d   Mentzel, H J ^d   Reichenbach, J ^d   Magnano, C ^e   Zivadinov, R ^e   Haacke, E Mark ^a,b,f  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f MRI Institute for Biomedical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857348379     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2773     Document Type: Article

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