T2-low signal intensity in the cortex in multiple system atrophy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 85-88

  Miwa, Hideto ^a   Kajimoto, Yoshinori ^a   Nakanishi, Ichiro ^a   Morita, Shuhei ^a   Komoto, Junko ^a   Kihira, Tameko ^a   Kondo, Tomoyoshi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cortex; MRI; Multiple system atrophy; Parkinson's disease; Progressive supranuclear palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME;

EID: 0037953008     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(03)00061-3     Document Type: Article

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