Distributed corpus callosum involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A deterministic tractography study using q-ball imaging

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-36

  Caiazzo, G ^a   Corbo, D ^a,b   Trojsi, F ^a   Piccirillo, G ^a   Cirillo, M ^a   Monsurro M R ^a   Esposito, F ^a,c   Tedeschi, Gioacchino ^a,b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Neurological Institute for Diagnosis and Care Hermitage Capodimonte   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Corpus callosum; Motor neuron disease; Q ball imaging; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; Q BALL IMAGING; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OXYGEN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84893223162     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-013-7144-3     Document Type: Article

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