Quantitative assessment of brain stem and cerebellar atrophy in spinocerebellar ataxia types 3 and 6: Impact on clinical status

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 890-897

  Eichler, L ^a   Bellenberg, B ^a   Hahn, H K ^b   Koster O ^a   Schols L ^c,d   Lukas, Carsten ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 79956064064     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2387     Document Type: Article

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