Magnetization transfer imaging in multiple sclerosis treated with alemtuzumab

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 241-244

  Button, Tom ^a   Altmann, Dan ^b   Tozer, Dan ^c   Dalton, Catherine ^c   Hunter, Kelvin ^c   Compston, Alastair ^a   Coles, Alasdair ^a   Miller, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alemtuzumab; magnetization transfer; multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84873640130     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458512444915     Document Type: Article

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