Thalamic Damage and Long-term Progression of Disability in Multiple Sclerosis
- 1 November 2010
- journal article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 257 (2), 463-469
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.10100326
Abstract
Baseline thalamic atrophy, but not a decrease in thalamic magnetization transfer ratio, was significantly correlated with deterioration in the Expanded Disability Status Scale score over an 8-year period. PurposeTo estimate the relative contributions of baseline thalamic atrophy and abnormalities shown at magnetization transfer (MT) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, as well as their 12-month changes, in predicting accumulation of disability in a relatively large sample of patients with relapse-onset multiple sclerosis (MS) during an 8-year period.Materials and MethodsThe study was conducted with approval of the institutional review board. Written informed consent was obtained from each participant. Conventional and MT MR imaging of the brain was performed at baseline and at 12-month follow-up in 13 healthy control subjects and 73 patients with relapse-onset MS; participants were monitored with clinical visits for 8 years. The following parameters were evaluated at baseline and at 12-month follow-up: volume of lesions with high signal intensity at T2-weighted imaging, volume of lesions with low signal intensity at T1-weighted imaging, mean lesion MT ratio, thalamic fraction, and thalamic MT ratio. A multivar...Keywords
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