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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 6 Correlation between EDSS score and different brain stem, cerebellum volumetric MRI measurements

From: Cerebellum and brain stem volume loss in relapsing remission multiple sclerosis by MRI volumetry: relation to neurological disability score and number of relapses

EDSS

Variable

R

p

Medulla (cm3)

− 0.376

0.031*

Pons (cm3)

− 0.408

0.005*

Midbrain (cm3)

− 0.194

0.187

Whole brain stem (cm3)

− 0.459

< 0.001*

Left-cerebellum-white-matter (cm3)

− 0.215

0.089

Left-cerebellum-cortex(grey matter) (cm3)

− 0.712

< 0.001*

Right-cerebellum-white-matter (cm3)

− 0.254

0.067

Right-cerebellum-cortex (grey matter) (cm3)

− 0.644

< 0.001*

  1. r Spearman’s correlation
  2. *Statistically significant (p < 0.05)
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