Diffusion tensor imaging and tract-based spatial statistics analysis in Friedreich's ataxia patients

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 504-508

  Vieira Karuta, Simone Carreiro ^a   Raskin, Salmo ^b   de Carvalho Neto, Arnolfo ^a   Gasparetto, Emerson Leandro ^c   Doring, Thomas ^d   Teive, Helio Afonso Ghizoni ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d CDPI Clinica de Diagnostico por Imagem Centro Medico Barra Shopping   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Friedreich ataxia; Gait disorders; MRI; Tract based spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSION; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LEFT INFERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL DIFFUSION; SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND RATING OF ATAXIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; THALAMUS; TRACT BASED SPATIAL STATISTICS; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928590195     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2015.02.021     Document Type: Article

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