ADC mapping of neurodegeneration in the brainstem and cerebellum of patients with progressive ataxias

NeuroImage

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 698-705

  Della Nave, Riccardo ^a   Foresti, Silvia ^a   Tessa, Carlo ^a   Moretti, Marco ^a   Ginestroni, Andrea ^a   Gavazzi, Cinzia ^a   Guerrini, Laura ^a   Salvi, Fabrizio ^b   Piacentini, Silvia ^a   Mascalchi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ataxias; Mapping; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; PONS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 2942567729     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.01.035     Document Type: Article

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