Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging discloses early changes in the normal-appearing white matter in paediatric multiple sclerosis

Affiliations

• ¹ Multiple Sclerosis Centre of the Veneto Region (CeSMuV), University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy monicamargoni@hotmail.com.
• ² Padova Neuroscience Centre (PNC), University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
• ³ Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
• ⁵ Multiple Sclerosis Centre of the Veneto Region (CeSMuV), University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.
• ⁶ Department of Women's and Children's Health, Paediatric Neurology and Neurophysiology Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.
• ⁷ Neuroimmunology Group, Paediatric Research Institute "Città della Speranza", Padua, Italy.
• ⁸ Neuroradiology Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.
• ⁹ Department of Neurosciences, Medical School, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.