An autopsy case of amyotrophic lateral screlosis (ALS): Magnetic resonance imaging and pathological findings of the pyramidal tract

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 810-816

  Horiuchi, Masahiro ^a   Sugihara, Hiroshi ^a   Fujisawa, Kohshiro ^a,b   Abe, Mitsufumi ^a   Tadokoro, Mamoru ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral screlosis (ALS); Involvement of pyramidal tract in cerebral white matter; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 0031442443     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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