Diffusion tensor imaging of brain white matter in Huntington gene mutation individuals

ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the role of the involvement of white matter tracts in huntingtin gene mutation patients as a potential biomarker of the progression of the disease. Methods We evaluated 34 participants (11 symptomatic huntingtin gene mutation, 12 presymptomatic huntingtin gene muta...

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Main Authors: Roberta Arb Saba, James H. Yared, Thomas M. Doring, Med Phys, Vanderci Borges, Henrique Ballalai Ferraz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2017000800503&lng=en&tlng=en