A longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging study in symptomatic Huntington's disease

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-262

  Sritharan, Anusha ^a   Egan, Gary F ^b,c   Johnston, Leigh ^b   Horne, Malcolm ^b   Bradshaw, John L ^a   Bohanna, India ^b,c   Asadi, Hamed ^b,c   Cunnington, Ross ^b   Churchyard, Andrew J ^d   Chua, Phyllis ^a   Farrow, Maree ^a   Georgiou Karistianis, Nellie ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; THALAMUS;

ADULT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PUTAMEN; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THALAMUS;

EID: 77649087371     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.142786     Document Type: Article

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