Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROIMAGING
Volume 19, Issue 1, Pages 3-8Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00296.x
Keywords
MRI; multiple sclerosis; neurologic disability; iron; T2 hypointensity; T2 hyperintense lesions; brain atrophy
Funding
- National Institutes of Health [NIH-NINDS K23 NS42379-01, R01 NS055083-01]
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society [RG3705A1, RG3798A2]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS055083, K23NS042379] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Conventional brain MRI lesion measures have unreliable associations with clinical progression in multiple sclerosis (MS). Gray matter imaging may improve clinical-MRI correlations. We tested if gray matter MRI measures and conventional measures of lesions/atrophy predicted clinical progression in a 4-year longitudinal study of 97 patients with MS. Baseline and follow-up brain MRI were analyzed for basal ganglia and thalamic normalized T2 signal intensity, whole brain T2-hyperintense lesion volume, and whole brain atrophy. Logistic regression tested the ability of baseline or on-study change in MRI to predict disability progression, as reported by area under the receiver operator characteristics curve (AUC). Lower caudate T2-intensity at baseline (P = .04; AUC = .69) and on-study decreasing T2-intensity in the putamen (P = .03; AUC = .70) and thalamus (P = .01; AUC = .71) were the MRI variables associated with clinical progression when regression modeling was adjusted for length of follow-up interval, baseline EDSS, disease duration, age, and sex. Gray matter T2-hypointensity, suggestive of excessive iron deposition is associated with worsening disability in patients with MS. Gray matter MRI assessment may be able to capture neurodegenerative aspects of the disease, with more clinical relevance than derived from conventional MRI measures. J Neuroimaging 2009;19:3-8.
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