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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
The Rett syndrome is a progressive disorder which is associated with regression of psychomotor development and precipitous deceleration of brain growth during the first year of life. General histopathological surveys in postmortem specimens have identified degeneration of subpopulations of neurons of the nigrostriatal system but no other evidence of degenerative process. Magnetic resonance imaging-based morphometry may usefully guide application of rigorous but demanding quantitative histologic search for evidence of neuronal degeneration. The volumes of the principal set of cortical and nuclear structures of principal interest in the disorder may be measured by currently available MRI-based methods. Optimized levels of precision now allow detection of volumetric changes over time in the same brain of approximately 10% at the 95% confidence level.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0387-7604
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14 Suppl
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S80-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging and studies of degenerative diseases of the developing human brain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review