Widespread microstructural white matter involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A whole-brain DTI study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1102-1108

  Cirillo, M ^a,b   Esposito, F ^b,c,d,e   Tedeschi, Gioacchino ^a,b,c   Caiazzo, G ^b   Sagnelli, A ^a   Piccirillo, G ^a   Conforti, R ^a,b   Tortora, F ^a,b   Monsurro M R ^a   Cirillo, S ^a,b   Trojsi, F ^a,b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center   (Italy)

^c Neurological Institute for Diagnosis and Care Hermitage Capodimonte   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MOTONEURON; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RATING SCALE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84862561438     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2918     Document Type: Article

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