Abnormal diffusion tensor in nonsymptomatic familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with a causative superoxide dismutase 1 mutation

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-13

  Ng, Man Cheuk ^a   Ho, Jenny Ting ^a   Ho, Shu Leong ^a   Lee, Raymand ^a   Li, Geng ^a   Cheng, Tat Sun ^a   Song, You Qiang ^a   Ho, Philip Wing Lok ^a   Fong, Gardian Chung Yan ^a   Mak, Windsor ^a   Chan, Koon Ho ^a   Li, Leonard Sheung Wai ^a   Luk, Keith Dip Kei ^a   Hu, Yong ^a   Ramsden, David Boyer ^b   Leong, Lilian Ling Yee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALS; DTI; Familial; Nonsymptomatic; SOD1 mutation

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MUTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 37849027014     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21217     Document Type: Article

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