MRI-based volumetric differentiation of sporadic cerebellar ataxia

Brain

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 175-181

  Burk K ^a   Globas, C ^a   Wahl, T ^a   Buhring U ^a   Dietz, K ^a   Zuhlke C ^b   Luft, A ^a   Schulz, J B ^a   Voigt, K ^a   Dichgans, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellar atrophy; Idiopathic cerebellar ataxia; Multiple system atrophy; Olivopontocerebellar atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SPORADIC CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN STEM; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; PUTAMEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 9144246374     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh013     Document Type: Article

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