Structural network disruption markers explain disability in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 219-226

  Charalambous, Thalis ^a   Tur, Carmen ^a   Prados, Ferran ^a,b   Kanber, Baris ^a,b   Chard, Declan T ^a   Ourselin, Sebastian ^b   Clayden, Jonathan D ^c   Wheeler Kingshott, Claudia A M Gandini ^a,d,e   Thompson, Alan J ^a   Toosy, Ahmed T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EDSS; mri; multiple sclerosis; network analysis; SDMT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISABILITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL BRAIN NETWORK; SYMBOL DIGIT MODALITIES TEST; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER LESION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 85057084532     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2018-318440     Document Type: Article

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