Brain MRI features of congenital- and adult-form myotonic dystrophy type 1: Case-control study

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 476-483

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

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Case control studies; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myotonic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEGENERATION; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036258695     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(01)00324-8     Document Type: Article

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