Atrophy and structural variability of the upper cervical cord in early multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 875-884

  Biberacher, Viola ^a   Boucard, Christine C ^a   Schmidt, Paul ^a,b   Engl, Christina ^a   Buck, Dorothea ^a   Berthele, Achim ^a   Hoshi, Muna Miriam ^a   Zimmer, Claus ^a   Hemmer, Bernhard ^a,c   Mühlau, Mark ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Technische Universität München Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical cord; clinically isolated syndrome; magnetic resonance imaging; relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; WHITE MATTER LESION; AGED; ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; CERVICAL CORD; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930386848     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458514546514     Document Type: Article

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