Wallerian degeneration of the corticospinal tracts: Postmortem MR-pathologic correlations

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 690-694

  Matsusue, E ^a   Sugihara, S ^b   Fujii, S ^b   Kinoshita, T ^b   Ohama, E ^b   Ogawa, T ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

MR pathologic correlation; MRI; Pathology; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HISTOLOGY; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CORTICOPONTINE TRACTS; PATHOLOGIC CORRELATION; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; FATALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 34547321269     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850701342112     Document Type: Article

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