Low degree of cortical pathology is associated with benign course of multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 904-911

  Calabrese, Massimiliano ^a   Favaretto, Alice ^a   Poretto, Valentina ^a   Romualdi, Chiara ^a   Rinaldi, Francesca ^a   Mattisi, Irene ^a   Morra, Aldo ^b   Perini, Paola ^a   Gallo, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Neuroimaging Unit Euganea Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign multiple sclerosis; brain region; cortical lesion; cortical thinning; disability; disease progression; double inversion recovery; magnetic resonance imaging; multiple sclerosis; relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 84878353660     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458512463767     Document Type: Article

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