Neurocognitive deficits and diffusion MR imaging abnormalities in a case of adult-onset autosomal dominant leukodystrophy

Translational Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 513-515

  Laforce Jr , Robert ^a,b   Roy, Martin ^a   Descoteaux, Maxime ^c   Berthelot, Christian ^a   Bouchard, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult onset autosomal dominant leukodystrophy; Cognition; Diffusion tensor MR imaging; White matter disease; Young onset dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAMILY HISTORY; GENOTYPE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEARNING DISORDER; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEAKNESS; WHITE MATTER LESION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84893015680     PISSN: 20813856     EISSN: 20816936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13380-013-0142-1     Document Type: Article

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