Unraveling pathology in juvenile Alexander disease: Serial quantitative MR imaging and spectroscopy of white matter

Neuroradiology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 669-675

  Van Der Voorn, J Patrick ^a   Pouwels, Petra J W ^a   Salomons, Gajja S ^a   Barkhof, Frederik ^a   Van Der Knaap, Marjo S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alexander disease; Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging; White matter

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; INOSITOL; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROSCOPY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349263464     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-009-0540-9     Document Type: Article

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