summary: The authors evaluated which MRI measures of enlargement of the ventricles of the brain were reliable metrics of brain volume loss in people with MS. They found that one of these measures was useful in monitoring brain volume loss over time.

authors: Butzkueven H, Kolbe SC, Jolley DJ, Brown JY, Cook MJ, van der Mei IA, Groom PS, Carey J, Eckholdt J, Rubio JP, Taylor BV, Mitchell PJ, Egan GF, Kilpatrick TJ.

source: J Clin Neurosci. 2008 Feb;15(2):130-7.

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