Patterns of cerebral and cerebellar white matter degeneration in ALS

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 468-470

  Bede, Peter ^a   Elamin, M ^a   Byrne, S ^a   McLaughlin, R L ^a   Kenna, K ^a   Vajda, A ^a   Fagan, A ^b   Bradley, D G ^a   Hardiman, O ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN DEGENERATION; C9ORF72 GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; WHITE MATTER DEGENERATION; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84925355069     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-308172     Document Type: Letter

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