The corticospinal tract in Sturge-Weber syndrome: A diffusion tensor tractography study

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 447-453

  Sivaswamy, Lalitha ^a   Rajamani, Kumar ^b   Juhasz, Csaba ^a,b   Maqbool, Mohsin ^a   Makki, Malek ^a   Chugani, Harry T ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor imaging; Motor impairment; Sturge Weber syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANISOTROPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME;

EID: 45849126161     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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