MRI in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Multiple Sclerosis: An Update

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 157-165

  Wattjes, M P ^a   Steenwijk, M D ^a   Stangel, M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disease monitoring; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; PML; Safety monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETERS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REMYELINIZATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; GERMANY; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; STANDARDS;

BRAIN; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84942550002     PISSN: 18691439     EISSN: 18691447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-015-0430-y     Document Type: Article

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