Can PET imaging tell us what's the matter with the gray matter in multiple sclerosis?

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 496-497

  Calabresi, Peter A ^a   Bohnen, Nicolaas I ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE;

BRAIN INJURY; EDITORIAL; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; GRAY MATTER; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84866100951     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182635824     Document Type: Editorial

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