Propriospinal myoclonus: Utility of magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging and fiber tracking

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1506-1509

  Roze, Emmanuel ^a,b   Apartis, Emmanuelle ^a,c   Vidailhet, Marie ^a,c   Cochen, Valérie ^a,c   Beaugendre, Yara ^a,d   Trocello, Jean Marc ^a,c   Lasjaunias, Pierre ^e   Ducreux, Denis ^e  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b Groupe Enzymologie Moléculaire et Fonctionnelle   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tracking; MRI; Neurophysiology; Propriospinal myoclonus

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FATIGUE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOSPINAL MHYOCLONUS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEROLOGY; SPINAL CORD; STRESS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; NERVE FIBERS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34548017868     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21562     Document Type: Article

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