Short-term evolution of spinal cord damage in multiple sclerosis: A diffusion tensor MRI study

Neuroradiology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1171-1178

  Theaudin M ^a,b   Saliou, G ^a   Ducot, B ^c   Deiva, K ^d   Denier, C ^a,b   Adams, D ^a,b   Ducreux, D ^a,b  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^d Service de Neuropédiatrie   (France)

Author keywords

DTI; Fractional anisotropy; Multiple sclerosis; Outcome measurement; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION SENSORY SCORE; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; RELAPSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD LESION; STEROID THERAPY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867856969     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-012-1057-1     Document Type: Article

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