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MRI Fairly Accurate As Surrogate for CSF Biomarkers

CSF Assay Moderately Accurate for Diagnosing Sporadic CJD Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a fairly accurate screening tool for distinguishing between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal ...
Nature

Advanced MRI features in relapsing multiple sclerosis patients with and without CSF oligoclonal IgG bands

Oligoclonal IgG bands (OCB) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are one of the most sensitive biomarkers in the diagnostic work-up of multiple sclerosis (MS), and inclusion of their presence into the ...
Nature

Abnormal [18F]FDG PET/MRI findings in paraspinal structures of patients with suspected cerebrospinal fluid leak

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is a condition caused by drainage of CSF from the brain or the spinal cord through a hole in their surrounding structures, such as the skull and the dura. The prevalence ...
Medscape

MRI a Viable Alternative to Lumbar Puncture for MS Diagnosis?

To diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS), the central vein sign (CVS) on brain MRI appears to work as well as oligoclonal bands (OCBs) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and combining the two biomarkers yields ...
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Comparison of CSF Cytology and Spinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Detection of Leptomeningeal Disease in Pediatric Medulloblastoma or Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

Prognostic Significance of Occult Metastases Detected by Sentinel Lymphadenectomy and Reverse Transcriptase–Polymerase Chain Reaction in Early-Stage Melanoma Patients PURPOSE: Leptomeningeal disease ...