Loss of cerebral white matter in primary S jögren's syndrome: a controlled volumetric magnetic resonance imaging study
Background and purpose Although brain involvement is common in primary S jögren's syndrome ( pSS ), results from cerebral imaging studies are inconsistent. This study aimed to perform both voxel‐wise and global brain volume analyses in a nearly population‐based pSS cohort to explore whether the...
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Published in | European journal of neurology Vol. 21; no. 10; pp. 1324 - 1329 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
01.10.2014
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Summary: | Background and purpose
Although brain involvement is common in primary
S
jögren's syndrome (
pSS
), results from cerebral imaging studies are inconsistent. This study aimed to perform both voxel‐wise and global brain volume analyses in a nearly population‐based
pSS
cohort to explore whether the patients displayed any focal or diffuse volume differences compared with healthy subjects.
Methods
Global grey matter (
GM
) and white matter (
WM
) volumes were measured and compared in 60 patients with p
SS
and 60 age‐ and gender‐matched healthy subjects. Regression models were constructed with potential explanatory variables for
GM
and
WM
volumes. In the same groups, voxel‐wise morphometric analyses were performed.
Results
In analyses of global
GM
and
WM
, the patients had lower
WM
volumes than healthy subjects (540 ± 63 cm
3
vs. 564 ± 56 cm
3
,
P
= 0.02), but no differences in
GM
. Voxel‐wise analyses displayed no localized areas of GM or WM volume differences between p
SS
patients and healthy subjects.
Conclusion
Individuals with
pSS
have a diffuse reduction of cerebral
WM
but no localized loss of
WM
or
GM
. This indicates a general deleterious effect on
WM
due to p
SS
itself. |
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ISSN: | 1351-5101 1468-1331 |
DOI: | 10.1111/ene.12486 |