Can MR imaging diagnose adult-onset Alexander disease?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1190-1196

  Farina, L ^a   Pareyson, D ^a   Minati, L ^a   Ceccherini, I ^b   Chiapparini, L ^a   Romano, S ^c   Gambaro, P ^d   Fancellu, R ^a   Savoiardo, M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INOSITOL;

ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; GFAP GENE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTROSCOPY; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 46749126999     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1060     Document Type: Article

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