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Abstract #2547

STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL MRI PREDICTORS OF DISABILITY AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT ACCRUAL IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Paola Valsasina1, Maria Assunta Rocca1, Fiammetta Pirro1, Elisabetta Pagani1, Alessandro Meani1, Massimiliano Copetti2, Filippo Martinelli Boneschi3, Vittorio Martinelli3, Giancarlo Comi3, Andrea Falini4, and Massimo Filippi1

1Neuroimaging Research Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, 2IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, 3Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, 4Department of Neuroradiology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Aim of this study was to identify the MRI predictors of medium-term disability and cognitive impairment accrual in patients with the main clinical phenotypes of multiple sclerosis (MS). Results indicated that clinical disability and cognitive impairment at follow-up were predicted by measures of structural and microstructural damage, as well as by resting state functional connectivity measures. Preserved white matter integrity predicted clinical improvement. Grey matter involvement played a critical role in MS-related clinical worsening and evolution to a more severe disease phenotype.

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