Multi-parametric spinal cord MRI as potential progression marker in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate multimodal MRI of the spinal cord in predicting disease progression and one-year clinical status in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: After a first MRI (MRI1), 29 ALS patients were clinically followed during 12 months; 14/29 patients underwen...

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Main Authors: Mohamed-Mounir El Mendili, Julien Cohen-Adad, Mélanie Pelegrini-Issac, Serge Rossignol, Régine Morizot-Koutlidis, Véronique Marchand-Pauvert, Caroline Iglesias, Sina Sangari, Rose Katz, Stéphane Lehericy, Habib Benali, Pierre-François Pradat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3995720?pdf=render