Cervical spinal cord volume loss is related to clinical disability progression in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 410-418

  Lukas, Carsten ^a   Knol, Dirk L ^b   Sombekke, Madeleine H ^b   Bellenberg, Barbara ^a   Hahn, Horst K ^c   Popescu, Veronica ^b   Weier, Katrin ^d   Radue, Ernst W ^d   Gass, Achim ^d   Kappos, Ludwig ^d   Naegelin, Yvonne ^d   Uitdehaag, Bernard M J ^b   Geurts, Jeroen J G ^b   Barkhof, Frederik ^b   Vrenken, Hugo ^b  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84925349029     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-308021     Document Type: Article

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