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MR Imaging Features of Critical Spinal Demyelinating Lesions Associated with Progressive Motor Impairment

B. Mark Keegan, Steven A. Messina, Dennis Hanson, David Holmes, Jon Camp, Elia Sechi, Shreya Nayak, Benan Barakat, Rowaid Ahmad, Jay Mandrekar, W. Scott Harmsen, Orhun Kantarci, Brian G. Weinshenker and Eoin P. Flanagan
American Journal of Neuroradiology July 2024, 45 (7) 943-950; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8304
B. Mark Keegan
aFrom the Department of Neurology (B.M.K., E.S., S.N., B.B., R.A., J.M., O.K., B.G.W., E.P.F.), Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Steven A. Messina
bDepartment of Radiology (S.A.M.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Dennis Hanson
cBiomedical Imaging Resource (D. Hanson, D. Holmes, J.C.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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David Holmes
cBiomedical Imaging Resource (D. Hanson, D. Holmes, J.C.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Jon Camp
cBiomedical Imaging Resource (D. Hanson, D. Holmes, J.C.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Elia Sechi
aFrom the Department of Neurology (B.M.K., E.S., S.N., B.B., R.A., J.M., O.K., B.G.W., E.P.F.), Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
dUniversità degli Studi di Sassari (E.S.), Sassari, Italy
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Shreya Nayak
aFrom the Department of Neurology (B.M.K., E.S., S.N., B.B., R.A., J.M., O.K., B.G.W., E.P.F.), Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
eSt. Elizabeth Dearborn Hospital (S.N.), Lawrenceburg, Indiana
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Benan Barakat
aFrom the Department of Neurology (B.M.K., E.S., S.N., B.B., R.A., J.M., O.K., B.G.W., E.P.F.), Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
fMercy St. Vincent Medical Center (B.B.), Toledo, Ohio
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Rowaid Ahmad
aFrom the Department of Neurology (B.M.K., E.S., S.N., B.B., R.A., J.M., O.K., B.G.W., E.P.F.), Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
gUniversity of Texas Medical Branch (R.A.), Galveston, Texas
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Jay Mandrekar
aFrom the Department of Neurology (B.M.K., E.S., S.N., B.B., R.A., J.M., O.K., B.G.W., E.P.F.), Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
hQuantitative Health Services (J.M., W.S.H,), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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W. Scott Harmsen
hQuantitative Health Services (J.M., W.S.H,), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Orhun Kantarci
aFrom the Department of Neurology (B.M.K., E.S., S.N., B.B., R.A., J.M., O.K., B.G.W., E.P.F.), Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Brian G. Weinshenker
aFrom the Department of Neurology (B.M.K., E.S., S.N., B.B., R.A., J.M., O.K., B.G.W., E.P.F.), Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
iDepartment of Neurology (B.G.W.), University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Eoin P. Flanagan
aFrom the Department of Neurology (B.M.K., E.S., S.N., B.B., R.A., J.M., O.K., B.G.W., E.P.F.), Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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