Susceptibility-weighted imaging changes suggesting brain iron accumulation in Huntington's disease: An epiphenomenon which causes diagnostic difficulty

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Macerollo, A ^a   Perry, R ^a   Stamelou, M ^a   Batla, A ^a   Mazumder, A A ^a   Adams, M E ^a   Bhatia, K P ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Juvenile Huntington's disease; NBIA

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHAGIA; EYE DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GAIT DISORDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REFLEX DISORDER; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

JUVENILE HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE; NBIA;

ADULT; BRAIN; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892475141     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12298     Document Type: Article

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