Diffusion tensor MRI shows abnormal brainstem crossing fibers associated with ROBO3 mutations

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 519-521

  Sicotte, N L ^a,b,f   Salamon, G ^b   Shattuck, D W ^a,b   Hageman, N ^a,b   Rub U ^d   Salamon, N ^b   Drain, A E ^b   Demer, J L ^b,c   Engle, E C ^e   Alger, J R ^a,b   Baloh, R W ^a   Deller, T ^d   Jen, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GAZE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCOLIOSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN STEM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 33747043538     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000227960.38262.0c     Document Type: Article

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