Subcortical frontal lesions on MRI in patients with motor neurone disease

Neuroradiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 298-302

  Andreadou, E ^a   Sgouropoulos, P ^a   Varelas, P ^a   Gouliamos, A ^b   Papageorgiou, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Motor neurone disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATROPHY; BULBAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031812827     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050588     Document Type: Article

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