Ultra-high-field MR imaging in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-66

  Filippi, Massimo ^a   Evangelou, Nikos ^b   Kangarlu, Alayar ^c   Inglese, Matilde ^d   Mainero, Caterina ^e   Horsfield, Mark A ^f   Rocca, Maria A ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; GLIOSIS; GOLD STANDARD; GREY MATTER LESION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEURODEGENERATION WITH BRAIN IRON ACCUMULATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 84891836457     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305246     Document Type: Review

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