Pattern and significance of white matter abnormalities in myotonic dystrophy type 1: An MRI study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 249, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1175-1182

  Di Costanzo, Alfonso ^a   Di Salle, Francesco ^b   Santoro, Lucio ^b   Tessitore, Alessandro ^a   Bonavita, Vincenzo ^b   Tedeschi, Gioacchino ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Cross sectional studies; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myotonic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036037766     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-002-0796-z     Document Type: Article

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