MRI-detectable cortical lesions in the cerebellum and their clinical relevance in multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 494-501

  Favaretto, Alice ^a   Lazzarotto, Andrea ^a   Poggiali, Davide ^a   Rolma, Giuseppe ^a   Causin, Francesco ^a   Rinaldi, Francesca ^a   Perini, Paola ^a   Gallo, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cerebellum; cortical lesions; double inversion recovery; Multiple sclerosis; phase sensitive inversion recovery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE INVERSION RECOVERY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHASE SENSITIVE INVERSION RECOVERY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; WHITE MATTER LESION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISABILITY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; YOUNG ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; REMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

EID: 84962559469     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458515594043     Document Type: Article

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