Radial diffusivity in the cerebellar peduncles correlates with clinical severity in Friedreich ataxia

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1459-1462

  Clemm Von Hohenberg, Christian ^a   Schocke, Michael F ^b   Wigand, Marlene C ^a   Nachbauer, Wolfgang ^b   Guttmann, Charles Rg ^a   Kubicki, Marek ^a   Shenton, Martha E ^a,c   Boesch, Sylvia ^b   Egger, Karl ^a,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cerebellar peduncle; Diffusion tensor imaging; Friedreich ataxia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tract based spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; INFERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; TRACT BASED SPATIAL STATISTIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84883202347     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-013-1402-0     Document Type: Article

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