Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain of children with multiple sclerosis.
The results of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brains of three children with multiple sclerosis were compared with the results of computer tomography (CT). MRI made it possible to detect a particular configuration of white-matter hyperintensities with sharply angled patches and a multifocal pattern, even during remission. Thus the site and extent of cerebral plaques could be demonstrated more clearly and more exactly than with CT. At present MRI seems to be the most reliable method for confirming suspected cases of multiple sclerosis in childhood.
Haas
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Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Abteilung Entwicklungsneurologie, Tübingen, West Germany.
Schroth
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Krägeloh-Mann
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Buchwald-Saal
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D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed