Early caudate nucleus atrophy in Huntington’s disease: does it correlate with presenting symptoms?

Autor: J. M. Wardlaw, R. J. Sellar
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the XIV Symposium Neuroradiologicum ISBN: 9783642493317
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-49329-4_77
Popis: Atrophy of the caudate nucleus in Huntington’s disease, measured as a decrease in cross-sectional area on axial CT brain scan, correlates with severity of symptoms, but not their duration, nor whether clinical presentation was predominantly with cognitive impairment or movement disorder. The implications are discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE