Volumetric cortical loss in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 343-347

  Turner, Martin R ^a,b   Hammers, Alexander ^c,e   Allsop, Joanna ^d   Al Chalabi, Ammar ^b   Shaw, Christopher ^b   Brooks, David J ^c,e   Leigh, Nigel P ^b   Andersen, Peter ^f  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; D90A; Magnetic resonance imaging; Superoxide dismutase; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 36549080089     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482960701538734     Document Type: Article

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