Frontotemporal cortical thinning in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 304-310

  D'Ambrosio, A ^a   Gallo, A ^a   Trojsi, F ^a   Corbo, D ^a   Esposito, F ^a,b,c   Cirillo, M ^a   Monsurro M R ^a   Tedeschi, Gioacchino ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84894204865     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3753     Document Type: Article

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