High T2 signal in primary lateral sclerosis supports the topographic distribution of fibers in the corpus callosum: Assessing disease in the primary motor segment

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Riad, Shareef M ^a   Hathout, H ^a   Huang, J C ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYSARTHRIA; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PARESIS; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; SPASTICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINARY URGENCY;

BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 79954560311     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2067     Document Type: Article

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