Detection of pyramidal tract lesions in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with magnetization-transfer measurements

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1541-1547

  Kato, Yasushi ^a   Matsumura, Kaname ^a   Kinosada, Yasutomi ^a   Narita, Yugo ^a   Kuzuhara, Shigeki ^a   Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance, magnetization transfer; Sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031545902     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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