Diffusion tensor MR imaging evaluation of the corpus callosum of patients with multiple sclerosis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 3 A, 2008, Pages 449-453

  Rueda, Fernanda ^a,b   Hygino Jr , Luiz Celso ^a,b,c   Domingues, Romeu Cortês ^a,c   Vasconcelos, Cláudia C ^a,b   Papais Alvarenga, Regina M ^a,d   Gasparetto, Emerson L ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Clínicas Multi Imagem and Clínica de Diagnóstico Por Imagem CDPI   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 52949148171     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2008000400001     Document Type: Article

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