MRI in multiple sclerosis: A review of the current literature

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 402-409

  Ceccarelli, Antonia ^a   Bakshi, Rohit ^a   Neema, Mohit ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cortical lesions; Diffuse tissue damage; Disability; Gray matter atrophy; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; DISEASE COURSE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER LESION;

BRAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84863722980     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e328354f63f     Document Type: Review

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