Voxel-based diffusion tensor imaging detects pyramidal tract degeneration in primary lateral sclerosis

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 997, 2011, Pages 78-80

  Tzarouchi, L C ^a   Kyritsis, A P ^b   Giannopoulos, S ^b   Astrakas, L G ^a   Diakou, M ^b   Argyropoulou, M I ^a  

^a Departments of 1Radiology   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LEG; MOTONEURON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PROGNOSIS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; PYRAMIDAL TRACT DEGENERATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPASTICITY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROGNOSIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 78650660632     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/14368804     Document Type: Article

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