Alterations of the corpus callosum as an MR imaging-based hallmark of motor neuron diseases

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Unrath, A ^a   Ludolph, A C ^a   Kassubek, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE;

EID: 79956069202     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2500     Document Type: Letter

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