Cortical thinning and clinical heterogeneity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Mezzapesa, Domenico Maria ^a   D'Errico, Eustachio ^a   Tortelli, Rosanna ^a   Distaso, Eugenio ^a   Cortese, Rosa ^a   Tursi, Marianna ^a   Federico, Francesco ^a   Zoccolella, Stefano ^a   Logroscino, Giancarlo ^a   Dicuonzo, Franca ^a   Simone, Isabella Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTONEURON; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84894226663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080748     Document Type: Article

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