Diffusion Tensor Imaging in the Diagnosis of Primary Lateral Sclerosis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-39

  Uluǧ, Aziz M ^a   Grünewald, Thomas ^a   Lin, Michael T ^a   Kamal, Ayeesha K ^a   Filippi, Christopher G ^a   Zimmerman, Robert D ^a   Beal, M Flint ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS; Babinski sign; Diffusion tensor imaging; MRI; Primary lateral sclerosis; Upper motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PARAMETER; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE;

EID: 0346964415     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10433     Document Type: Article

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