Ongoing microstructural changes in the cervical cord underpin disability progression in early primary progressive multiple sclerosis.
Rosa CorteseCarmen TurFerran PradosTorben SchneiderBaris KanberMarcello MocciaClaudia Am Gandini Wheeler-KingshottAlan J ThompsonFrederik BarkhofOlga CiccarelliPublished in: Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) (2020)
Increasing spinal cord perpendicular diffusivity may indicate ongoing neurodegeneration, which underpins disability progression in PPMS, independently of the development of spinal cord atrophy.