Prevalence of radiologically isolated syndrome and white matter signal abnormalities in healthy relatives of patients with multiple sclerosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 106-112

  Gabelic, T ^a,d   Ramasamy, D P ^a   Weinstock Guttman, B ^b   Hagemeier, J ^a   Kennedy, C ^a   Melia, R ^a   Hojnacki, D ^b   Ramanathan, M ^c   Zivadinov, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b JACOBS NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RADIOLOGICALLY ISOLATED SYNDROME; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SYNDROME;

EID: 84892776461     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3653     Document Type: Article

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