Abnormal brain white matter in patients with hemifacial spasm: a diffusion tensor imaging study.

Chenguang Guo,Hui Xu,Xuan Niu,Samuel R. Krimmel,Jixin Liu,Lin Gao,Ming Zhang,Yuan Wang

Abnormal brain white matter in patients with hemifacial spasm: a diffusion tensor imaging study.

2019

Chenguang Guo
Hui Xu
Xuan Niu
Samuel R. Krimmel
Jixin Liu
Lin Gao
Ming Zhang
Yuan Wang

Purpose Refractory hemifacial contraction and comorbid emotional disorders are major annoyance suffered by patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS). It is currently unknown how whiter matter (WM) abnormalities in the brain contribute to HFS.

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Brain White Matter
Medicine
White matter
Radiology
Diffusion MRI
Hemifacial spasm
Internal capsule
Inferior longitudinal fasciculus
Fasciculus
Anatomy
Corpus callosum
Fractional anisotropy

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