Orthogonal diffusion-weighted MRI measures distinguish region-specific degeneration in cerebellar ataxia subtypes

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 256, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1939-1942

  Ying, Sarah H ^a   Landman, Bennett A ^a   Chowdhury, Shwetadwip ^a   Sinofsky, Alexander H ^a   Gambini, Anna ^a   Mori, Susumu ^a   Zee, David S ^a   Prince, Jerry L ^a  

^a Pathology 2 210 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEGMENTUM;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 73449112357     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5269-1     Document Type: Article

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