Reduced magnetisation transfer ratio in cognitively impaired patients at the very early stage of multiple sclerosis: A prospective, multicenter, cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Faiss, J H ^a   Dahne D ^a   Baum, K ^b   Deppe, R ^c   Hoffmann, F ^c   Kohler W ^d   Kunkel, A ^a   Lux, A ^e   Matzke, M ^e   Penner, I K ^f   Sailer, M ^e   Zettl, U K ^g  

^a Asklepios Fachklinikum Teupitz ^*  (Germany)

^b Klinik Hennigsdorf   (Germany)

^c Krankenhaus Martha Maria Halle   (Germany)

^d Fachkrankenhaus Hubertusburg   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84899505813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004409     Document Type: Article

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