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  • Title: Microstructural white matter abnormalities in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: Evaluation by advanced diffusion imaging.
    Author: Kato S, Hagiwara A, Yokoyama K, Andica C, Tomizawa Y, Hoshino Y, Uchida W, Nishimura Y, Fujita S, Kamagata K, Hori M, Hattori N, Abe O, Aoki S.
    Journal: J Neurol Sci; 2022 May 15; 436():120205. PubMed ID: 35259556.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: Despite differences in the pathogenesis and treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), it remains difficult to distinguish them. In this study, we aimed to discriminate between MS and NMOSD using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), free water (FW) imaging, and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI). METHODS: Thirty patients with relapsing-remitting (RR) MS, 18 NMOSD patients with positive anti-aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G seroreactivity, and 20 age- and sex- matched currently healthy subjects underwent MRI. The differences in the DTI (fractional anisotropy [FA], axial diffusivity [AD], mean diffusivity [MD], and radial diffusivity [RD]), FW and FW-corrected DTI, and NODDI indices between the three groups were evaluated using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) and region-of-interest (ROI) analyses. RESULTS: The ROI analysis of lesions indicated that the RRMS group had significantly higher AD, MD, RD, ISO and FW-corrected AD, and MD; and lower intracellular volume fraction (ICVF) than the NMOSD group. TBSS analysis showed increased water content in RRMS patients compared to NMOSD patients. Compared with healthy controls (HCs) using TBSS and ROI analysis, the changes in FW imaging indices were more limited than those of in DTI in RRMS patients. CONCLUSION: FW imaging and NODDI were useful for identifying the etiology of neurodegeneration- and neuroinflammation-related microstructural changes in RRMS and NMOSD patients.
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