Brain atrophy in primary lateral sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1236-1241

  Tartaglia, M C ^a,b   Laluz, V ^b   Rowe, A ^a   Findlater, K ^a   Lee, D H ^a   Kennedy, K ^a   Kramer, J H ^b   Strong, M J ^a,c  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 65249109765     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000345665.75512.f9     Document Type: Article

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