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Variants of Multiple Sclerosis

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  1. Departments of Radiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E Ninth Ave, Denver, CO, 80262, USA

    Jack H. Simon MD, PhD

  2. Departments of Pathology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E Ninth Ave, Denver, CO, 80262, USA

    Bette K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters MD

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  1. Neuroimaging Research Unit Department of Neurology Scientific Institute, University Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy

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  2. Department of Neurology & Behavioral Sciences, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 2, 53100, Siena, Italy

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  3. Service de Neuroradiologie Diagnostique et Thérapeutique CHU Bordeaux Pellegrin and Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des Affections de la Myéline, Université Victor Segalen, Bourdeaux 2, 33076, Bordeaux, France

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Simon, J.H., Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, B.K. (2005). Variants of Multiple Sclerosis. In: Filippi, M., De Stefano, N., Dousset, V., McGowan, J.C. (eds) MR Imaging in White Matter Diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord. Medical Radiology Diagnostic Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27644-0_16

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