Regional cervical cord atrophy and disability in multiple sclerosis: A voxel-based analysis

Radiology

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 853-861

  Valsasina, Paola ^a   Rocca, Maria A ^a   Horsfield, Mark A ^a,b   Absinta, Martina ^a   Messina, Roberta ^a   Caputo, Domenico ^c   Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL CERVICAL SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84874314330     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12120813     Document Type: Article

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