The New England Journal of Medicine
e-mail icon  FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |    Advanced Search
Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe
 
Correspondence
PreviousPrevious
Volume 339:407-409 August 6, 1998 Number 6
NextNext

Imaging the Brain

Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

 Sign up for free e-toc
 

This Article
-Full Text
-Purchase this article

Tools and Services
-Add to Personal Archive
-Add to Citation Manager
-Notify a Friend
-E-mail When Cited

More Information
-Related Article
by Gilman, S.
-PubMed Citation
To the Editor: In his excellent review article "Imaging the Brain" (March 19 and 26 issues),1 Dr. Gilman introduces us to the fascinating role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of patients with multiple sclerosis. He states that "MRI demonstrates disease activity in the absence of clinical findings, thereby permitting more effective evaluation of patients and facilitating objective determination of the efficacy of therapy."

MRI indeed is a sensitive, objective way to detect plaques in multiple sclerosis. Although the use of this technique has considerably increased our knowledge of multiple sclerosis, MRI is by no means a perfect . . . [Full Text of this Article]

References



HOME  |  SUBSCRIBE  |  SEARCH  |  CURRENT ISSUE  |  PAST ISSUES  |  COLLECTIONS  |  PRIVACY  |  HELP  |  beta.nejm.org

Comments and questions? Please contact us.

The New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and copyrighted © 2008 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.