Hyperintensity of the precentral gyral subcortical white matter and hypointensity of the precentral gyrus on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery: Variation with age and implications for the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 250-254

  Ngai, Stanley ^a   Tang, Y M ^a   Du, L ^a   Stuckey, S ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TINNITUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33847091581     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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