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Regional distribution and clinical correlates of white matter structural damage in Huntington disease: a tract-based spatial statistics study.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology - 1 Oct 2010
Della Nave R, Ginestroni A, Tessa C, Giannelli M, Piacentini S, Filippi M, Mascalchi M
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: HD entails damage of the WM. Our aim was to explore in vivo the regional volume and microstructure of the brain WM in HD and to correlate such findings with clinical status of the patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifteen HD gene carriers in different clinical stages of the disease and 15 healthy controls were studied with T1-weighted images for VBM and DTI for TBSS. Maps of FA, MD, and λ∥...
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