Multiple sclerosis : clinical and laboratory research
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Meta Analysis
Atrophy and structural variability of the upper cervical cord in early multiple sclerosis.
Despite agreement about spinal cord atrophy in progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), data on clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) and relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) are conflicting. ⋯ In MS, cervical cord atrophy already occurs in CIS. In early stages, structural variability may be a more meaningful marker of spinal cord pathology than atrophy.