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Maria A. Rocca
Researcher at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Publications - 647
Citations - 29881
Maria A. Rocca is an academic researcher from Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Multiple sclerosis & Magnetic resonance imaging. The author has an hindex of 83, co-authored 556 publications receiving 25283 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria A. Rocca include University at Buffalo & Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
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Restless legs syndrome is a common finding in multiple sclerosis and correlates with cervical cord damage.
Mauro Manconi,Maria A. Rocca,Luigi Ferini-Strambi,Paola Tortorella,Federica Agosta,Giancarlo Comi,Massimo Filippi +6 more
TL;DR: Cervical cord average FA was significantly reduced in MS patients with RLS compared to those without, and higher disability and cervical cord damage represent a significant risk factor for RLS in multiple sclerosis patients.
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Nonconventional MRI and microstructural cerebral changes in multiple sclerosis.
Christian Enzinger,Frederik Barkhof,Olga Ciccarelli,Massimo Filippi,Ludwig Kappos,Maria A. Rocca,Stefan Ropele,Alex Rovira,Torben Schneider,Nicola De Stefano,Hugo Vrenken,Claudia A. M. Wheeler-Kingshott,Jens Wuerfel,Franz Fazekas +13 more
TL;DR: The present utility of nonconventional MRI in MS is critically discussed, the outlook on future applications, including clinical practice is provided, and the rapid technical progress in the use of MRI in patients with MS is summarized.
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Cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis is associated to different patterns of gray matter atrophy according to clinical phenotype.
Gianna C Riccitelli,Maria A. Rocca,Elisabetta Pagani,Maria E. Rodegher,Paolo Rossi,Andrea Falini,Giancarlo Comi,Massimo Filippi +7 more
TL;DR: Distinct patterns of regional distribution of GM damage and T2‐visible lesions are associated with cognitive impairment in MS patients with different clinical phenotypes, and the correspondence between lesion formation and GM atrophy distribution varies in the different forms of MS.
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Diffusion tensor MRI tractography and cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis.
S. Mesaros,Maria A. Rocca,K. Kacar,J. Kostic,Massimiliano Copetti,Tatjana Stosic-Opincal,Paolo Preziosa,Sara Sala,Gianna C Riccitelli,Mark A. Horsfield,Jelena Drulovic,G. Comi,Massimo Filippi +12 more
TL;DR: Lesions in strategic brain WM tracts contribute to cognitive impairment in MS through a multisystem disconnection syndrome via conventional and diffusion tensor MRI tractography.
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Long-term changes of magnetization transfer-derived measures from patients with relapsing-remitting and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.
TL;DR: This preliminary 3-year follow-up study shows that newly enhancing lesions and normal-appearing white matter in patients with secondary progressive MS have significantly lower MTR values than do those in patientswith relapsing-remitting MS and that the tissue damage that remains after enhancement ceases is more severe in secondary progressive disease.