Multi-parametric spinal cord MRI as potential progression marker in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  El Mendili, Mohamed Mounir ^a,b   Cohen Adad, Julien ^c   Pelegrini Issac, Mélanie ^a,b   Rossignol, Serge ^d   Morizot Koutlidis, Régine ^e   Marchand Pauvert, Véronique ^a,b   Iglesias, Caroline ^a,b   Sangari, Sina ^a,b   Katz, Rose ^a,b   Lehericy, Stéphane ^e,f   Benali, Habib ^a,b   Pradat, Pierre François ^a,b,e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UPMC Univ Paris 06   (France)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER RATIO; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84899703122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095516     Document Type: Article

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