Arrangement of fiber tracts forming Probst bundle in complete callosal agenesis: Report of two cases with an evaluation by diffusion tensor tractography

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1063-1066

  Utsunomiya, H ^a   Yamashita, S ^a   Takano, K ^a   Okazaki, M ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Callosal agenesis; Cortical dysplasia; Diffusion tensor tractography (DTT); Probst bundle

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; NEUROLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

CALLOSAL AGENESIS; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR TRACTOGRAPHY (DTT); PROBST BUNDLE;

DISEASES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 33751549611     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850600930025     Document Type: Article

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