Writing error may be a predictive sign for impending brain atrophy progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A preliminary study using X-ray computed tomography

European Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 346-351

  Ichikawa, Hiroo ^a   Ohno, Hideki ^b   Murakami, Hidetomo ^a   Ohnaka, Yohei ^b   Kawamura, Mitsuru ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Brain atrophy; Dementia; Writing error; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; ERROR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WRITING; X RAY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WRITING;

EID: 79956190705     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328216     Document Type: Article

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