Association of cortical lesion burden on 7-T magnetic resonance imaging with cognition and disability in multiple sclerosis

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1004-1012

  Harrison, Daniel M ^a,b   Roy, Snehashis ^c   Oh, Jiwon ^b,d   Izbudak, Izlem ^b   Pham, Dzung ^c   Courtney, Susan ^e   Caffo, Brian ^f   Jones, Craig K ^b,g   Van Zijl, Peter ^b,g   Calabresi, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER; ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84940885541     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: 21686157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.1241     Document Type: Article

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