Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pattern recognition in Pol III-related leukodystrophies

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 214-220

  Piana, Roberta La ^a   Tonduti, Davide ^b   Dressman, Heather Gordish ^c   Schmidt, Johanna L ^c   Murnick, Jonathan ^c   Brais, Bernard ^a   Bernard, Genevieve ^d   Vanderver, Adeline ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

hypomyelination; leukodystrophy; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POLR3A GENE; POLR3B GENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALAMUS;

HYPOMYELINATION; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HEREDITARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RNA POLYMERASE III; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892714156     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073813503902     Document Type: Article

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