Spinal cord MRI should always be performed in clinically isolated syndrome patients: Yes

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1688-1689

  Barkhof, Frederik ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84911439010     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458514546518     Document Type: Note

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