Spinal cord involvement by atrophy and associations with disability are different between multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

Y NakamuraZ LiuS FukumotoKoji ShinodaA SakodaT MatsushitaS HayashidaN IsobeM WatanabeA HiwatashiR YamasakiJ-I Kira

Published in: European journal of neurology (2019)

Thoracic CS-SCA is a useful predictive marker for disability in patients with NMOSD whilst cervical CS-SCA is associated with disability in patients with MS.

Keyphrases

multiple sclerosis
spinal cord
spectrum disorder
white matter
spinal cord injury
neuropathic pain