Diffusion tensor imaging of vascular parkinsonism: Structural changes in cerebral white matter and the association with clinical severity

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1340-1348

  Wang, Han Cheng ^a,b   Hsu, Jung Lung ^a,c   Leemans, Alexander ^d  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MODIFIED POSTURAL INSTABILITY GAIT DIFFICULTY; NEUROIMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; VASCULAR PARKINSONISM; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84867347506     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2012.633     Document Type: Article

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