Brain MRI lesions and atrophy are related to depression in multiple sclerosis

Bakshi, Rohit; Czarnecki, Donna; Ahmed Shaikh, Zaffar; L. Priore, Roger; Janardhan, Vallabh; Kaliszky, Zoltan; R. Kinkel, Peter

doi:10.1097/00001756-200004270-00003

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Brain MRI lesions and atrophy are related to depression in multiple sclerosis

Published in Neuroreport • Apr 1, 2000

Authors:

Rohit Bakshi

Donna Czarnecki

Zaffar Ahmed Shaikh

Abstract

It is unclear whether brain MRI lesions are associated with depression in multiple sclerosis (MS). Neurological dysfunction in depressed (n= 19) and non-depressed (n = 29) MS patients was rated by expanded disability status scale (EDSS). EDSS was weakly predictive of the presence of (p = 0.03) and s...

Subject

Multiple sclerosis

Depression (economics)

Atrophy

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