Altered white matter integrity in primary restless legs syndrome patients: Diffusion tensor imaging study

Neurological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 769-774

  Chang, Yongmin ^a   Paik, Jong Soo ^a   Lee, Hui Joong ^a   Chang, Hyuk Won ^b   Moon, Hye Jin ^b   Allen, Richard P ^c   Earley, Christopher J ^c   Cho, Yong Won ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Myelin; Restless legs syndrome; Statistical parametric mapping; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84903724685     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: 17431328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743132814Y.0000000336     Document Type: Article

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