Benefit of repetitive intrathecal triamcinolone acetonide therapy in predominantly spinal multiple sclerosis: prediction by upper spinal cord atrophy
Intrathecal injection of triamcinolone acetonide (TCA) has been shown to provide substantial benefit in a subset of progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with predominant spinal symptoms. We examined whether atrophy of the upper spinal cord (USC) as measured by MRI can serve as a predictive m...
Main Authors: | Carsten Lukas, Barbara Bellenberg, Horst K. Hahn, Jan Rexilius, Robert Drescher, Kerstin Hellwig, Odo Köster, Sebastian Schimrigk |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2009-11-01
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Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1756285609343480 |
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