Progression in disability and regional grey matter atrophy in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 202-213

  Hofstetter, Louis ^a   Naegelin, Yvonne ^a   Filli, Lukas ^a   Kuster, Pascal ^a   Traud, Stefan ^a   Smieskova, Renata ^a,b   Mueller Lenke, Nicole ^a   Kappos, Ludwig ^a   Gass, Achim ^e   Sprenger, Till ^a   Penner, Iris Katharina ^b   Nichols, Thomas E ^c   Vrenken, Hugo ^d   Barkhof, Frederik ^d   Polman, Chris ^d   Radue, Ernst Wilhelm ^a   Borgwardt, Stefan J ^a,b   Bendfeldt, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disability; Expanded Disability Status Scale; grey matter atrophy; magnetic resonance imaging; multiple sclerosis; Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite; precuneus; relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis; voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

DISABILITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; GREY MATTER ATROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITE; PRECUNEUS; RELAPSING-REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING;

EID: 84893561407     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458513493034     Document Type: Article

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