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Longitudinal Mixed-Effect Model Analysis of the Association between Global and Tissue-Specific Brain Atrophy and Lesion Accumulation in Patients with Clinically Isolated Syndrome

M. Varosanec, T. Uher, D. Horakova, J. Hagemeier, N. Bergsland, M. Tyblova, Z. Seidl, M. Vaneckova, J. Krasensky, M.G. Dwyer, E. Havrdova and R. Zivadinov
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2015, 36 (8) 1457-1464; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4330
M. Varosanec
aFrom the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (M.V., T.U., J.H., N.B., M.G.D., R.Z.), Department of Neurology, University at Buffalo SUNY, Buffalo, New York
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T. Uher
aFrom the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (M.V., T.U., J.H., N.B., M.G.D., R.Z.), Department of Neurology, University at Buffalo SUNY, Buffalo, New York
bDepartment of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience (T.U., D.H., M.T., E.H.)
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D. Horakova
bDepartment of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience (T.U., D.H., M.T., E.H.)
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J. Hagemeier
aFrom the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (M.V., T.U., J.H., N.B., M.G.D., R.Z.), Department of Neurology, University at Buffalo SUNY, Buffalo, New York
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N. Bergsland
aFrom the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (M.V., T.U., J.H., N.B., M.G.D., R.Z.), Department of Neurology, University at Buffalo SUNY, Buffalo, New York
dIRCCS “Santa Maria Nascente” (N.B.), Don Gnocchi Foundation, Milan, Italy.
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M. Tyblova
bDepartment of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience (T.U., D.H., M.T., E.H.)
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Z. Seidl
cDepartment of Radiology (Z.S., M.V., J.K.), Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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M. Vaneckova
cDepartment of Radiology (Z.S., M.V., J.K.), Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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J. Krasensky
cDepartment of Radiology (Z.S., M.V., J.K.), Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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R. Zivadinov
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Longitudinal Mixed-Effect Model Analysis of the Association between Global and Tissue-Specific Brain Atrophy and Lesion Accumulation in Patients with Clinically Isolated Syndrome
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