Side of limb-onset predicts laterality of gray matter loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Qiuli ^a   Mao, Cuiping ^a   Jin, Jiaoting ^a   Niu, Chen ^a   Bai, Lijun ^a   Dang, Jingxia ^a   Zhang, Ming ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PREDICTION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIMB; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84904765059     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/473250     Document Type: Article

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