Diffusion tensor imaging of periventricular leukomalacia shows affected sensory cortex white matter pathways

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 752-756

  Hoon Jr , A H ^a,c   Lawrie Jr , W T ^a   Melhem, E R ^a,d   Reinhardt, E M ^c   Van Zijl, P C M ^a,b,c   Solaiyappan, M ^a   Jiang, H ^a,b   Johnston, M V ^a,c   Mori, S ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FM Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging   (United States)

^c KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; LEUKOMALACIA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORY CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0037056399     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.5.752     Document Type: Article

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