Diffusion tensor MRI changes in cerebellar structures of patients with familial essential tremor

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 988-994

  Nicoletti, G ^a,b   Manners, D ^c   Novellino, F ^a   Condino, F ^b   Malucelli, E ^c   Barbiroli, B ^c   Tonon, C ^c   Arabia, G ^a   Salsone, M ^a   Giofre, L ^a   Testa, C ^c   Lanza, P ^b   Lodi, R ^c   Quattrone, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILIAL ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 77949890668     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181d5a460     Document Type: Article

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