Fluid attenuation inversion recovery (FLAIR) images of dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy: Case report

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 396-399

  Yoshii, Fumihito ^a   Tomiyasu, Hitoshi ^a   Shinohara, Yukito ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cerebral white matter; Dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy; FLAIR image

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOME 12; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031702813     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.3.396     Document Type: Article

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