The clinical application of the arcuate fasciculus for stroke patients with aphasia: A diffusion tensor tractography study

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-310

  Kim, Soo Hyun ^a   Lee, Dong Gyu ^a   You, Hee ^a   Son, Su Min ^a   Cho, Yun Woo ^a   Chang, Min Cheol ^a   Lee, Jun ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

aphasia; arcuate fasciculus; Diffusion tensor imaging; diffusion tensor tractography; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84863166161     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2011-0706     Document Type: Article

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