Correlation between corticospinal tract degeneration through magnetic resonance imaging, and functional scale (ALSFRS) in patients whit amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;Relação entre degeneração do trato córtico-espinhal através de ressonância magnética e escala funcional (ALSFRS) em pacientes com esclerose lateral amiotrófica

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 3 B, 2007, Pages 869-874

  Garcia, Larissa Nery ^a   Da Silva, Alexandre Vallota ^a   Carrete Jr , Henrique ^a   Favero, Francis Meire ^a   Fontes, Sissy Veloso ^a   Moneiro, Marcelo Tavares ^a   De Oliveira, Acary Souza Bulle ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ALSFRS; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Functional scale

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 35448943018     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2007000500029     Document Type: Article

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