Imaging: MRS/MRI/PET/SPECT: Summary

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Leigh, P Nigel ^a   Simmons, Andrew ^a   Williams, Steve ^a   Williams, Vicky ^a   Turner, Martin ^a   Brooks, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

RILUZOLE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD LESION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036388433     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146608202320374372     Document Type: Article

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