18q- syndrome: Brain MRI shows poor differentiation of gray and white matter on T2-weighted images

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 414-419

  Linnankivi, Tarja T ^a,c   Autti, Taina H ^b   Pihko, S Helena ^a   Somer, Mirja S ^b   Tienari, Pentti J ^a,b   Wirtavuori, Kari O ^a   Valanne, Leena K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

18q syndrome; Dysmyelination; MRI; Myelin basic protein; White matter disorder

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME 18Q SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; WHITE MATTER;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS;

EID: 0141507085     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10383     Document Type: Article

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