Relationship between damage to the cerebellar peduncles and clinical disability in multiple sclerosis

Radiology

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 822-830

  Preziosa, Paolo ^a   Rocca, Maria A ^a   Mesaros, Sarlota ^b   Pagani, Elisabetta ^a   Drulovic, Jelena ^b   Stosic Opincal, Tatjana ^c   Dackovic, Jelena ^b   Copetti, Massimiliano ^d   Caputo, Domenico ^e   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a Neurological Unit   (Italy)

^b Clinics of Neurology   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901650327     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13132142     Document Type: Article

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