Brain MR diffusion tensor imaging in Kennedy's disease

Neuroradiology Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 126-132

  Garaci, Francesco ^a,b   Toschi, Nicola ^b,c,d   Lanzafame, Simona ^b   Marfia, Girolama A ^b   Marziali, Simone ^a   Meschini, Alessandro ^a   Di Giuliano, Francesca ^a   Simonetti, Giovanni ^a,b   Guerrisi, Maria ^b   Massa, Roberto ^b   Floris, Roberto ^a,b  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ALSFRS; Disease duration; DTI; Fractional anisotropy; Kennedy's disease; Mean diffusivity; TBSS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS FUNCTIONAL RATING SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMISSURAL INTERNEURON; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTOPARIETAL CORTEX; HUMAN; KENNEDY DISEASE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RATING SCALE; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; MYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BULBO-SPINAL ATROPHY, X-LINKED; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84983359435     PISSN: 19714009     EISSN: 23851996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1971400915581740     Document Type: Article

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