Regional grey and white matter volumetric changes in myalgic encephalomyelitis (chronic fatigue syndrome): A voxel-based morphometry 3 T MRI study

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1015, 2012, Pages

  Puri, Basant K ^a,b   Jakeman, P M ^c   Agour, M ^d   Gunatilake, K D R ^e   Fernando, K A C ^f   Gurusinghe, A I ^g   Treasaden, I H ^h   Waldman, A D ^a,b,i   Gishen, P ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e The Ridge Hill Centre   (United Kingdom)

^f Brooklands Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^g BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863705240     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/93889091     Document Type: Article

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