The earliest MR imaging and proton MR spectroscopy abnormalities in adult-onset Krabbe disease

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 268-272

  Wang, C ^a   Melberg, A ^a   Weis, J ^b   Mansson J E ^c   Raininko, R ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain; Globoid cell leukodystrophy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARAPLEGIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKODYSTROPHY, GLOBOID CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 34548482529     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00867.x     Document Type: Article

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