Voxelwise analysis of diffusion tensor imaging and structural MR imaging in patients with the m.3243A>G mutation in mitochondrial DNA

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 522-526

  Virtanen, Sami M ^a   Lindroos, M M ^a   Majamaa, K ^a,b   Nuutila, P ^a   Borra, R J ^a   Parkkola, R ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUTATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; POINT MUTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952799404     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2309     Document Type: Article

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