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Progression of microstructural damage in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2: a longitudinal DTI study.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology - 1 Jun 2015
Mascalchi M, Toschi N, Giannelli M, Ginestroni A, Della Nave R, Nicolai E, Bianchi A, Tessa C, Salvatore E, Aiello M, Soricelli A, Diciotti S
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The ability of DTI to track the progression of microstructural damage in patients with inherited ataxias has not been explored so far. We performed a longitudinal DTI study in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ten patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 and 16 healthy age-matched controls were examined twice with DTI (mean time between scans, 3.6 years...
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