Diffusion tensor imaging demonstrated radiologic differences between diplegic and quadriplegic cerebral palsy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 512, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-58

  Chang, Min Cheol ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^a   Yoe, Sang Seok ^b   Lee, Eunsil ^a   Kim, Saeyoon ^a   Lee, Dong Gyu ^a   Son, Su Min ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor imaging

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARM; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUADRIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 84862805638     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.01.065     Document Type: Article

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