Brain MR imaging in patients with lower motor neuron-predominant disease

Radiology

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 545-556

  Spinelli, Edoardo G ^a,b   Agosta, Federica ^a,d   Ferraro, Pilar M ^a   Riva, Nilo ^b   Lunetta, Christian ^c   Falzone, Yuri M ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^b   Falini, Andrea ^b   Filippi, Massimo ^a,b  

^a Stroke Unit   (Italy)

^b Division of Neuroscience   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d Neuromuscular OnmiCenter   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CINGULUM (BRAIN); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; LOWER MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84979891756     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2016151846     Document Type: Article

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