Spinocerebellar ataxias

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2008, Pages

  Mascalchi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ataxias; Brainstem; Cerebellum; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIDEROSIS; VOLUMETRY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 55649087127     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-008-1005-3     Document Type: Article

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