Diffusion tensor-based imaging reveals occult abnormalities in adrenomyeloneuropathy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 758-766

  Dubey, Prachi ^a   Fatemi, Ali ^a   Huang, Hao ^a   Nagae Poetscher, Lidia ^a   Wakana, Setsu ^a   Barker, Peter B ^a   Van Zijl, Peter ^a   Moser, Hugo W ^a   Mori, Susumu ^a   Raymond, Gerald V ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 27644462561     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20643     Document Type: Article

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