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Spinal cord atrophy and disability in multiple sclerosis over four years
  1. M A Horsfield1,
  2. M Filippi2
  1. 1Division of Medical Physics, University of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
  2. 2Neuroimaging Research Unit, Scientific Institute Ospedale S Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, Milan, Italy
  1. Correspondence to:
 Mark A. Horsfield;
 mah5{at}le.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.74.8.1014-a

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