The impact of isolated lesions on white-matter fiber tracts in multiple sclerosis patients

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-116

  Droby, Amgad ^a,b   Fleischer, Vinzenz ^a,b   Carnini, Marco ^b   Zimmermann, Hilga ^a,b   Siffrin, Volker ^a   Gawehn, Joachim ^a   Erb, Michael ^c   Hildebrandt, Andreas ^b   Baier, Bernhard ^a,b   Zipp, Frauke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Multiple sclerosis; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; NERVE FIBERS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84927553591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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