The changing clinical course of multiple sclerosis: A matter of gray matter

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-83

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

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Neuroimaging Unit Euganea Medica   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD LESION; VALIDATION STUDY; WHITE MATTER LESION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883308394     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.23882     Document Type: Article

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