Role of diffusion tensor imaging or magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the diagnosis and disability assessment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 206-210

  Liu, Chanchan ^a   Jiang, Rifeng ^a   Yi, Xiyan ^a   Zhu, Wenzhen ^a   Bu, Bitao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

ALS functional rating scale revised (ALSFRS R); Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Disease progression rate Corticospinal tract (CST); Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ALS FUNCTIONAL RATING SCALE REVISED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84921051582     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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