Fractional anisotropy for assessment of white matter tracts injury in methylmalonic acidemia

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 945-949

  Gao, Yu ^a   Guan, Wen Ye ^b   Wang, Jiang ^b   Zhang, Yu Zhen ^a   Li, Yu Hua ^a   Han, Lian Shu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Children; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Methylmalonic acidemia

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 68249153244     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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