Epidemiology and treatment of multiple sclerosis in elderly populations

CB Vaughn, D Jakimovski, KS Kavak… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) and the age of affected patients are increasing
owing to increased longevity of the general population and the availability of effective …

MAGNIMS consensus recommendations on the use of brain and spinal cord atrophy measures in clinical practice

J Sastre-Garriga, D Pareto, M Battaglini… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Early evaluation of treatment response and prediction of disease evolution are key issues in
the management of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). In the past 20 years, MRI has …

Association of brain atrophy with disease progression independent of relapse activity in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis

A Cagol, S Schaedelin, M Barakovic, P Benkert… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The mechanisms driving neurodegeneration and brain atrophy in relapsing
multiple sclerosis (RMS) are not completely understood. Objective To determine whether …

Brain TSPO-PET predicts later disease progression independent of relapses in multiple sclerosis

M Sucksdorff, M Matilainen, J Tuisku, E Polvinen… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Overactivation of microglia is associated with most neurodegenerative diseases. In this
study we examined whether PET-measurable innate immune cell activation predicts multiple …

Spinal cord atrophy predicts progressive disease in relapsing multiple sclerosis

A Bischof, N Papinutto, A Keshavan… - Annals of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective A major challenge in multiple sclerosis (MS) research is the understanding of
silent progression and Progressive MS. Using a novel method to accurately capture upper …

Advances in spinal cord imaging in multiple sclerosis

M Moccia, S Ruggieri, A Ianniello… - Therapeutic …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The spinal cord is frequently affected in multiple sclerosis (MS), causing motor, sensory and
autonomic dysfunction. A number of pathological abnormalities, including demyelination …

Myelitis features and outcomes in CNS demyelinating disorders: comparison between multiple sclerosis, MOGAD, and AQP4-IgG-positive NMOSD

G Fadda, EP Flanagan, L Cacciaguerra… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Inflammatory myelopathies can manifest with a combination of motor, sensory and
autonomic dysfunction of variable severity. Depending on the underlying etiology, the …

Quantitative spinal cord MRI in MOG-antibody disease, neuromyelitis optica and multiple sclerosis

R Mariano, S Messina, A Roca-Fernandez, MI Leite… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Spinal cord involvement is a hallmark feature of multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica with
AQP4 antibodies and MOG-antibody disease. In this cross-sectional study we use …

Diagnosis of progressive multiple sclerosis from the imaging perspective: a review

M Filippi, P Preziosa, F Barkhof, DT Chard… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful for monitoring disease
dissemination in space and over time and excluding multiple sclerosis (MS) mimics, there …

Association of spinal cord atrophy and brain paramagnetic rim lesions with progression independent of relapse activity in people with MS

A Cagol, P Benkert, L Melie-Garcia, SA Schaedelin… - Neurology, 2024 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA) is a crucial
determinant of overall disability accumulation in multiple sclerosis (MS). Accelerated brain …