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6234475

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
In addition to the neurological findings, the functional capacity of 12 patients with Huntington's disease was evaluated quantitatively according to the Shoulson and Fahn scale [1]. This parameter was related to the following computed tomographic measurements: the greatest distance between the frontal horns (FH), the shortest distance between the heads of the caudate nuclei (bicaudate diameter, CC) and the quotient FH/CC. The ratio of the bicaudate diameter and the external diameter of the skull across the narrowest point of the heads of the caudate nuclei (CC/OTcc) was also used as well as the bicaudate diameter and the maximum internal diameter of the skull (CC/ITmax). The best correlation was found between the bicaudate diameter and functional capacity (r = -0.64, P less than 0.05). All the quotients containing the bicaudate diameter likewise showed a correlation with functional capacity, though to a less marked degree. Thus the bicaudate diameter appears to be the most specific and simple computed tomographic parameter for the differentiation of Huntington's disease from normal states or choreatic syndromes of different origin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Bicaudate diameter--the most specific and simple CT parameter in the diagnosis of Huntington's disease.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article