Influence of CNS T2-focal lesions on cervical cord atrophy and disability in multiple sclerosis.

Emanuele PravatàPaola ValsasinaClaudio GobbiChiara ZeccaGianna C RiccitelliMassimo Filippi Maria Assunta Rocca

Published in: Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) (2019)

CSC LV is an independent predictor of cord atrophy. When neurological impairment is relatively mild, central nervous system (CNS) lesion burden is a better correlate of disability than atrophy.

Keyphrases

multiple sclerosis
blood brain barrier
white matter
risk factors
cerebrospinal fluid
cerebral ischemia