Diffusion tensor imaging of brainstem tumors: Axonal degeneration of motor and sensory tracts

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 270-276

  Helton, Kathleen J ^a   Weeks, James K ^a   Phillips, Nicholas S ^a   Zou, Ping ^a   Kun, Larry E ^a   Khan, Raja B ^a   Gajjar, Amar ^a   Fouladi, Maryam ^a   Broniscer, Alberto ^a   Boop, Frederick ^b   Li, Chin Shang ^a   Ogg, Robert J ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SEMMES MURPHEY NEUROLOGIC AND SPINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal degeneration; Brainstem tumor; Diffusion tensor imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NERVE; VOLUNTEER; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; NERVE DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42149140109     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/1/4/270     Document Type: Article

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