Corticospinal dysgenesis and upper-limb deficits in congenital hemiplegia: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Bleyenheuft, Yannick ^a   Grandin, Cécile B ^a   Cosnard, Guy ^a   Olivier, Etienne ^a   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Corticospinal tract dysgenesis; Diffusion tensor imaging; DTI; Functional assessment of children

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADOLESCENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSPINAL DYSGENESIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEXTERITY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIGITAL DEXTERITY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 36849037892     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0394     Document Type: Article

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