MR evidence of structural and metabolic changes in brains of patients with Werner's syndrome

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1169-1173

  De Stefano, Nicola ^a   Dotti, Maria T ^a   Battisti, Carla ^a   Sicurelli, Francesco ^a   Stromillo, Maria L ^a   Mortilla, Marzia ^a   Federico, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain atrophy; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Magnetization transfer; Werner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VISION TEST; WERNER SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; SIBLINGS; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0142011029     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-0167-4     Document Type: Article

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