Assessing "occult" cervical cord damage in patients with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus using diffusion tensor MRI

Béatrice Benedetti; Marco Rovaris; Elda Judica; Giovanni Donadoni; Gianfranco Ciboddo; Massimo Filippi

doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.110262

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Assessing "occult" cervical cord damage in patients with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus using diffusion tensor MRI

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DT MRI shows mild and otherwise "occult" cord damage in NSLE, which might be secondary to Wallerian degeneration of long tract fibres passing trough damaged areas of the brain.

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