Brain diffusion-weighted imaging in Friedreich's ataxia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 705-712

  Rizzo, Giovanni ^a   Tonon, Caterina ^a   Valentino, Maria Lucia ^a   Manners, David ^a   Fortuna, Filippo ^a   Gellera, Cinzia ^b   Pini, Antonella ^c   Ghezzo, Alessandro ^c   Baruzzi, Agostino ^a   Testa, Claudia ^a   Malucelli, Emil ^a   Barbiroli, Bruno ^a   Carelli, Valerio ^a   Lodi, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Friedreich's ataxia; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INFERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ATAXIA RATING SCALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955024136     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23518     Document Type: Article

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