MRI signs of multiple system atrophy preceding the clinical diagnosis: The case for an imaging-supported probable MSA diagnostic category

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 443-444

  Mestre, T A ^a,b   Gupta, A ^a,c   Lang, A E ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS;

EID: 84930038155     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-309645     Document Type: Letter

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