Central pontine signal changes in wilson's disease: Distinct MRI morphology and sequential changes with de-coppering therapy

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 286-291

  Sinha, Sanjib ^a   Taly, Arun B ^a   Ravishankar, Shivashankar ^a   Prashanth, Lingappa K ^a   Vasudev, Mandapati K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Central pontine myelinolysis; CPM; Extrapontine myelinolysis; MRI; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; WILSON DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTRINGENTS; CHELATING AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PENICILLAMINE; PHENOTYPE; PONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 34748889486     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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