Degree of cerebellar ataxia correlates with three-dimensional MRI-based cerebellar volume in pure cerebellar degeneration

European Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-27

  Richter, Stefanie ^a,b   Dimitrova, Albena ^a   Maschke, Matthias ^a   Gizewski, Elke ^a   Beck, Andreas ^c   Aurich, Volker ^c   Timmann, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellar ataxia; Cerebellar volume; International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

EID: 24944531664     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087241     Document Type: Article

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