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Magnetic resonance imaging in patients with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord involvement: 28 cases

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In patients with clinically isolated spinal disease, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides a non-invasive method of detecting surgically treatable causes and is also useful in detecting asymptomatic brain lesions where the cord syndrome is due to multiple sclerosis (MS). We report the findings of spinal and brain MRI in 28 patients with spinal cord disorder due to MS. It was possible to detect intrinsic plaques reliably in the majority of patients (60.7%) with clinical findings of spinal cord MS. The results of MRI are compared with the clinical status and with cerebrospinal fluid findings and evoked potentials.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Pierre-Antoine Uldry & Franco Regli

  2. Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Antoine Uské

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Uldry, PA., Regli, F. & Uské, A. Magnetic resonance imaging in patients with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord involvement: 28 cases. J Neurol 240, 41–45 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00838445

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