Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the cerebellum in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 3/Machado-Joseph disease

Journal of Central South University (Medical Sciences)

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 511-519

  Lei, Lifang ^a,b   Liao, Yunjie ^b   Liao, Weihua ^a   Zhou, Jie ^a   Yuan, Yi ^a,b   Wang, Junling ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a,b   Shen, Lu ^a,b   Tang, Beisha ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

1h magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Cerebellum; Scale for the assessment and rating of ataxia; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 machado joseph disease

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N-ACETYLASPARTATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960822344     PISSN: 16727347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-7347.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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