summary: This interesting study from Germany utilises a new and emerging imaging technique called Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) which is able to quantitatively measure biomechanical tissue properties in vivo. In this study the authors look at biomechanical tissue properties in patients with a chronic progressive course of MS and demonstrate that two viscoelastic parameters were reduced compared to healthy controls and also reduced compared to existing values found elsewhere in the literature for patients with relapsing MS.

authors: Streitberger KJ, Sack I, Krefting D, Pfüller C, Braun J, Paul F, Wuerfel J.

source: PLoS One. 2012;7(1):e29888. Epub 2012 Jan 20

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