Staring into the void: Black holes and MS prognosis

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Staring into the void: Black holes and MS prognosis

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Physicians commonly measure multiple sclerosis (MS) disease activity based on the appearance of new T2-weighted hyperintense MRI lesions, which arise due to edema, inflammation, gliosis, and axonal loss. Given the nonspecific disease processes leading to these lesions and the often-mediocre correlation between T2 lesions and clinical outcomes, however, the search continues for a more specific tool that lends insight into MS pathophysiology and disease activity.

In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to the possibility of measuring chronic or persistent T1-weighted lesions that appear hypointense relative to normal-appearing white matter—lesions also known as “black holes”—as a means of gauging MS-associated neurodegeneration. This approach is supported by a considerable body of histopathological evidence indicating that chronic T1 black holes reflect irreversible demyelination and axonal loss........ Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/braininflammation
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Re: Staring into the void: Black holes and MS prognosis

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they would do better look at the front, not the back

see also http://www.thisisms.com/forum/general-d ... 15188.html
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