Cervical cord lesion load is associated with disability independently from atrophy in MS

Neurology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 367-373

  Kearney, Hugh ^a   Altmann, Daniel R ^a,b   Samson, Rebecca S ^a   Yiannakas, Marios C ^a   Wheeler Kingshott, Claudia A M ^a,c   Ciccarelli, Olga ^a,c   Miller, David H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; ATROPHY; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; ATROPHY; CERVICAL CORD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 84927642821     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001186     Document Type: Article

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