Degeneration of the pyramidal tracts in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 208-212

  Abe, Kazuo ^a   Fujimura, Harutoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuo ^b   Fujita, Norihiko ^a   Yanagihara, Takehiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SIGNAL DETECTION; GLIOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY;

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EID: 0030772675     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon199774208     Document Type: Article

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