Lower brain diffusivity in postpartum period compared to late pregnancy: Results from a prospective imaging study of multiple sclerosis patients

Neuroradiology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 823-828

  Paavilainen, Teemu ^a   Kurki, Timo ^a   Färkkilä, Markus ^a   Salonen, Oili ^b   Parkkola, Riitta ^b   Airas, Laura ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Histogram; Multiple sclerosis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; RELAPSE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84866037340     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-011-0994-4     Document Type: Article

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