Magnetic resonance imaging correlates of physical disability in relapse onset multiple sclerosis of long disease duration

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-80

  Kearney, H ^a   Rocca, M A ^b   Valsasina, P ^b   Balk, L ^c   Sastre Garriga, J ^d   Reinhardt, J ^e   Ruggieri, S ^f   Rovira, A ^d   Stippich, C ^e   Kappos, L ^e   Sprenger, T ^e   Tortorella, P ^g   Rovaris, M ^g   Gasperini, C ^h   Montalban, X ^d   Geurts, J J G ^c   Polman, C H ^c   Barkhof, F ^c   Filippi, M ^b   Altmann, D R ^a,i   Ciccarelli, O ^a   Miller, D H ^a   Chard, D T ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^h SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrophy; brain lesion load; disability; MRI; multiple sclerosis; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; WALKING AID; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN T2 LESION VOLUME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER CERVICAL SPINAL CORD CROSS SECTIONAL AREA;

ATROPHY; BRAIN LESION LOAD; DISABILITY; MRI; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SPINAL CORD;

ATROPHY; BRAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84888382496     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458513492245     Document Type: Article

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