A tract-based diffusion study of cerebral white matter in neuromyelitis optica reveals widespread pathological alterations

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1013-1021

  Liu, Yaou ^a   Duan, Yunyun ^a   He, Yong ^b   Yu, Chunshui ^a   Wang, Jun ^b   Huang, Jing ^a   Ye, Jing ^a   Butzkueven, Helmut ^c   Li, Kuncheng ^a   Shu, Ni ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

diffusion tensor imaging; neuromyelitis optica; tract based spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MALE; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OPTIC RADIATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 84863223285     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458511431731     Document Type: Article

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