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SUBMITTER: George IC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4945460 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
George Ilena C IC Sati Pascal P Absinta Martina M Cortese Irene Cm IC Sweeney Elizabeth M EM Shea Colin D CD Reich Daniel S DS
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) 20160114 12
<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate clinical fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR)* 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which is sensitive to perivenular inflammatory demyelinating lesions, in diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS).<h4>Background</h4>Central veins may be a distinguishing feature of MS lesions. FLAIR*, a combined contrast derived from clinical MRI scans, has not been studied as a clinical tool for diagnosing MS.<h4>Methods</h4>Two experienced MS neurologists evaluated 87 scan pairs ...[more]