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General neurology
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Cardiovascular risk factors are associated with increased lesion burden and brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis

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  • Natalie Kappus Department of Neurology, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bianca Weinstock-Guttman Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jesper Hagemeier Department of Neurology, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Cheryl Kennedy Department of Neurology, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rebecca Melia Department of Neurology, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ellen Carl Department of Neurology, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Deepa P Ramasamy Department of Neurology, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mariya Cherneva Department of Neurology, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jacqueline Durfee Department of Neurology, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Niels Bergsland Department of Neurology, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, IRCCS Don Gnocchi Foundation, Milan, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael G Dwyer Department of Neurology, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Channa Kolb Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David Hojnacki Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Murali Ramanathan Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Robert Zivadinov Department of Neurology, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA MR Imaging Clinical Translational Research Center, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Robert Zivadinov, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, MRI Clinical Translational Research Center, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 100 High St, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA; rzivadinov{at}bnac.net
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Citation

Kappus N, Weinstock-Guttman B, Hagemeier J, et al
Cardiovascular risk factors are associated with increased lesion burden and brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2016;87:181-187.

Publication history

  • Received December 1, 2014
  • Revised January 26, 2015
  • Accepted February 4, 2015
  • First published February 26, 2015.
Online issue publication 
January 14, 2016

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