Measuring brain stem and cerebellar damage in parkinsonian syndromes using diffusion tensor MRI

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2199-2205

  Blain, C R V ^a   Barker, G J ^a   Jarosz, J M ^b   Coyle, N A ^a   Landau, S ^a   Brown, R G ^a   Chaudhuri, K R ^c   Simmons, A ^a   Jones, D K ^a   Williams, S C R ^a   Leigh, P N ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBELLUM PEDUNCLE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SUPERIOR CEREBELLUM PEDUNCLE;

AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME;

EID: 33845944193     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000249307.59950.f8     Document Type: Article

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