A longitudinal study of diffusion tensor MRI in ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 348-355

  Blain, Camilla R V ^a   Williams, Victoria C ^a   Johnston, Clare ^a   Stanton, Biba R ^a   Ganesalingam, Jeban ^a   Jarosz, Jozef M ^b   Jones, Derek K ^a   Barker, Gareth J ^a   Williams, Steve C R ^a   Leigh, Nigel ^a   Simmons, Andy ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor MRI; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 36549038652     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482960701548139     Document Type: Article

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