Multi-parametric neuroimaging evaluation of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis and its correlation with neuropsychological presentations

BMC Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chang, Chiung Chih ^a   Lui, Chun Chung ^a   Wang, Jiun Jie ^b   Huang, Shu Hua ^a   Lu, Cheng Hsien ^a   Chen, Ching ^a   Chen, Chih Feng ^a   Tu, Min Chien ^a   Huang, Chi Wei ^a   Chang, Wen Neng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; CYSTEINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M BICISATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CEREBROTENDINOUS XANTHOMATOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATION; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYSTEINE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; XANTHOMATOSIS, CEREBROTENDINOUS;

EID: 77954198852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-59     Document Type: Article

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