Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness correlates with brain white matter damage in multiple sclerosis: A combined optical coherence tomography and diffusion tensor imaging study

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1904-1907

  Scheel, Michael ^a   Finke, Carsten ^a   Oberwahrenbrock, Timm ^a   Freing, Alina ^a   Pech, Luisa Maria ^a   Schlichting, Jeremias ^a   Sömmer, Carina ^a   Wuerfel, Jens ^a   Paul, Friedemann ^b   Brandt, Alexander U ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

diffusion tensor imaging; Multiple sclerosis; optic nerve; optic radiation; optical coherence tomography; retina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; VISUAL SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER LESION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER INJURY; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; ORGAN SIZE; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84921781656     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458514535128     Document Type: Article

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