Correlation between brain volume loss and clinical and MRI outcomes in multiple sclerosis

EW Radue, F Barkhof, L Kappos, T Sprenger… - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: We investigated the determinants and clinical correlations of MRI-detected brain
volume loss (BVL) among patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis from the phase …

Optimizing the initial choice and timing of therapy in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

RS Farber, IK Sand - Therapeutic Advances in Neurological …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
With 12 available US Food and Drug Administration approved medications for the treatment
of relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS), choosing an initial therapy is no longer a straightforward …

The effect of disease-modifying therapies on brain atrophy in patients with clinically isolated syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

G Tsivgoulis, AH Katsanos… - Therapeutic …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Brain atrophy is associated with cognitive deficits in patients with clinically
isolated syndrome (CIS) and can predict conversion to clinical definite multiple sclerosis …

Towards a better understanding of pseudoatrophy in the brain of multiple sclerosis patients

N De Stefano, DL Arnold - Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Multiple Sclerosis Journal 21 (6) 676 http://msj. sagepub. com change can be considered as
a reliable outcome marker. Another approach is to use T2 relaxometry to differentiate true …

Update on clinically isolated syndrome

É Thouvenot - La Presse Médicale, 2015 - Elsevier
Optic neuritis, myelitis and brainstem syndrome accompanied by a symptomatic MRI T2 or
FLAIR hyperintensity and T1 hypointensity are highly suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS) in …

Longitudinal mixed-effect model analysis of the association between global and tissue-specific brain atrophy and lesion accumulation in patients with clinically …

M Varosanec, T Uher, D Horakova… - American Journal …, 2015 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The relationship between lesion formation and brain
atrophy development in the early phase of multiple sclerosis is unclear. We investigated the …

Evolving role of MRI in optimizing the treatment of multiple sclerosis: Canadian Consensus recommendations

DL Arnold, D Li, M Hohol… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly important for the early
detection of suboptimal responders to disease-modifying therapy for relapsing–remitting …

The prognostic utility of MRI in clinically isolated syndrome: a literature review

C Odenthal, A Coulthard - American Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
For patients presenting with clinically isolated syndrome, the treating clinician needs to
advise the patient on the probability of conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis. MR …

Work ability in multiple sclerosis: the impact of immunomodulating treatments and adjusted working conditions

A Wickström - 2015 - diva-portal.org
Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory, demyelinating disease
affecting the central nervous system (CNS) and is considered to be of autoimmune origin …

Brain volume and brain metabolite changes in the first stages of primary progressive multiple sclerosis

J Sastre-Garriga - 2015 - ddd.uab.cat
Background: There is little information available on global and on grey and white matter (GM
and WM) atrophy in primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) and on their relationship …