Multiple sclerosis: Linking disability and spinal cord imaging outcomes in MS

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 189-190

  Filippi, Massimo ^a   Rocca, Maria A ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84884753400     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.40     Document Type: Article

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