A Hot Cross Bun sign from diffusion tensor imaging and tractography perspective

Neurology India

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 266-269

  Loh, Kok Beng ^a   Rahmat, Kartini ^a   Lim, Shen Yang ^a   Ramli, Norlisah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

"Hot Cross Bun" sign; Diffusion tensor imaging; multi system atrophy C; tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HOT CROSS BUN SIGN; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RECUMBENCY; STANDING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRACTOGRAPHY; UNSTEADINESS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS; PONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 79955410753     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.79143     Document Type: Article

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