Combined 3T diffusion tensor tractography and1H-MR spectroscopy in motor neuron disease

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1708-1714

  Nelles, Michael ^a   Block, W ^a   Traber F ^a   Wullner U ^a   Schild, H H ^a   Urbach, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PONS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; BULBO-SPINAL ATROPHY, X-LINKED; CHOLINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHOSPHOCREATINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 54249105065     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1201     Document Type: Article

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