Central white matter degeneration in bulbar-and limb-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1961-1967

  Cardenas Blanco, Arturo ^a   Machts, Judith ^a   Acosta cabronero, Julio ^a   Abdulla, Susanne ^a,b,c   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^a,b,d   Vielhaber, Stefan ^a,b   Nestor, Peter J ^a   Kaufmann, Joern ^b   Kollewe, Katja ^c   Petri, Susanne ^c   Dengler, Reinhard ^c  

^a GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALS; Bulbar onset; DTI; Limb onset

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OXYGEN; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84914685466     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-014-7434-4     Document Type: Article

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