Open AccessCervical cord myelin abnormality is associated with clinical disability in multiple sclerosis
Author(s) -
Lisa Eunyoung Lee,
Irene M. Vavasour,
Adam Dvorak,
Hanwen Liu,
Shawna Abel,
Poljanka Johnson,
Stephen Ristow,
Shelly Au,
Cornelia Laule,
Roger Tam,
David Kb Li,
Helen Cross,
Nathalie Ackermans,
Alice Schabas,
Jesse Chan,
Ana-Luiza Sayao,
Virginia Devonshire,
Robert Carruthers,
Anthony Traboulsee,
Shan Kolind
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
multiple sclerosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.729
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1477-0970
pISSN - 1352-4585
DOI - 10.1177/13524585211001780
Subject(s) - multiple sclerosis , expanded disability status scale , medicine , myelin , spinal cord , white matter , magnetic resonance imaging , neurology , pathology , radiology , central nervous system , immunology , psychiatry
Myelin water imaging (MWI) was recently optimized to provide quantitative in vivo measurement of spinal cord myelin, which is critically involved in multiple sclerosis (MS) disability.