Voxel-wise mapping of cervical cord damage in multiple sclerosis patients with different clinical phenotypes

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-41

  Rocca, Maria A ^a   Valsasina, Paola ^a   Damjanovic, Dusan ^a,b   Horsfield, Mark A ^c   Mesaros, Sarlota ^b   Stosic Opincal, Tatjana ^b   Drulovic, Jelena ^b   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 84871232513     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-303821     Document Type: Article

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