Hyperintense and hypointense MRI signals of the precentral gyrus and corticospinal tract in ALS: A follow-up examination including FLAIR images

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 59-65

  Hecht, M J ^a   Fellner, F ^a   Fellner, C ^a   Hilz, M J ^a   Neundorfer B ^a   Heuss, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR); Follow up examination; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 0037099783     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00104-1     Document Type: Article

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