Multiple Sclerosis, Spine: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

multiple sclerosis, spinal multiple sclerosis, multiple sclerosis of the spine, demyelinating process, brain lesions, spine lesions, perivenular inflammation, plaques, fibrillary gliosis, oligodendroglia, spinal MS, spinal multiple sclerosis, Devic neuromyelitis optica, optic neuritis

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Djamil Fertikh, MD, Attending Physician, Division of Radiology, Association of Alexandria Radiologists
Djamil Fertikh, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Radiology, American Medical Association, and Radiological Society of North America
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Michael L Brooks, MD, JD, FCLM, Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology, Drexel University School of Medicine; Adjunct Associate Professor of Radiology, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; Director of Neuroradiology, Mercy Diagnostic Imaging
Michael L Brooks, MD, JD, FCLM is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Legal Medicine, American College of Radiology, American Society of Neuroradiology, American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology, and American Society of Spine Radiology
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Mahesh R Patel, MD, Chief of MRI, Department of Radiology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
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James G Smirniotopoulos, MD, Professor of Radiology, Neurology, and Biomedical Informatics, Chairman, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
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