Grey matter involvement by focal cervical spinal cord lesions is associated with progressive multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 910-920

  Kearney, Hugh ^a   Miszkiel, Katherine A ^b   Yiannakas, Marios C ^a   Altmann, Daniel R ^a,c   Ciccarelli, Olga ^a,d   Miller, David H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

grey matter; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; WHITE MATTER; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISABILITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT; DISEASE DURATION;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973483407     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458515604905     Document Type: Article

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