Selective enlargement of the fourth ventricle in Machado-Joseph disease: With special reference to the neuoradiological and neuropathological correlation

Neuropathology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 160-167

  Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^a,b,c   Ikeda, Kenji ^b   Sugihara, Hiroshi ^d   Watabiki, Sadakiyo ^c   Ohbu, Sadayoshi ^e   Abe, Mitsubumi ^d   Takahashi, Ryosuke ^b   Tadokoro, Mamoru ^d   Shimada, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar hemisphere; Dentate nucleus; Fourth ventricle; Machado Joseph disease; Neuropathology; Neuroradiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030700424     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.1997.tb00032.x     Document Type: Article

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