Gray matter damage predicts the accumulation of disability 13 years later in MS

Neurology

Volumn 81, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 1759-1767

  Filippi, Massimo ^a   Preziosa, Paolo ^a   Copetti, Massimiliano ^b   Riccitelli, Gianna ^a   Horsfield, Mark A ^a,c   Martinelli, Vittorio ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Rocca, Maria A ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER DAMAGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOM FOREST; RELAPSE; TREATMENT DURATION; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84888231694     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000435551.90824.d0     Document Type: Article

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