Wallerian degeneration in the corticospinal tract evaluated by diffusion tensor imaging correlates with motor deficit 30 days after middle cerebral artery ischemic stroke

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1324-1330

  Puig, Josep ^a   Pedraza, S ^a,b   Blasco, G ^a   Daunis i Estadella, J ^c   Prats, A ^d   Prados, F ^c   Boada, I ^c   Castellanos, M ^a   Sanchez Gonzalez J ^e   Remollo, S ^a   Laguillo, G ^a   Quiles, A M ^a   Gomez E ^a   Serena, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 77955639335     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2038     Document Type: Article

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