Basal ganglia hyperechogenicity does not distinguish between patients with primary dystonia and healthy individuals

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 590-595

  Hagenah, Johann ^a   König, Inke R ^a   Kötter, Charlotte ^a   Seidel, Günter ^a   Klein, Christine ^a   Brüggemann, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Dystonia; Echogenicity; Lenticular nucleus; Movement disorder; Substantia nigra; TCS; Transcranial sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLEPHAROSPASM; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERECHOGENICITY; LENTICULAR NUCLEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY DYSTONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THALAMUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953820587     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5795-x     Document Type: Article

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