Neuroimaging findings and repeat neuroimaging value in pediatric chronic ataxia

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 824-832

  Salman, Michael S ^a,b   Chodirker, Bernard N ^a,b   Bunge, Martin ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic ataxia; MRI; pediatric

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; JOUBERT SYNDROME; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETT SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ATAXIA; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84995376381     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2016.7     Document Type: Article

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