Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 3 , Pages 243-249 , 30 April 2006

Diffusion tensor imaging in early Alzheimer's disease

  • Olivier Naggara

      Affiliations

    • University Paris-Descartes, Faculty of Medecine, Department of Neuroradiology, Sainte-Anne Hospital, 1, rue Cabanis, 75674 Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 1 45658997; fax: +33 1 45658470.
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  • Catherine Oppenheim

      Affiliations

    • University Paris-Descartes, Faculty of Medecine, Department of Neuroradiology, Sainte-Anne Hospital, 1, rue Cabanis, 75674 Paris, France
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  • Dorothée Rieu

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U610, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Pavillon Claude Bernard, 47 Bld de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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  • Nadine Raoux

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U610, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Pavillon Claude Bernard, 47 Bld de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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  • Sebastian Rodrigo

      Affiliations

    • University Paris-Descartes, Faculty of Medecine, Department of Neuroradiology, Sainte-Anne Hospital, 1, rue Cabanis, 75674 Paris, France
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  • Gianfranco Dalla Barba

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U610, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Pavillon Claude Bernard, 47 Bld de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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  • Jean-François Meder

      Affiliations

    • University Paris-Descartes, Faculty of Medecine, Department of Neuroradiology, Sainte-Anne Hospital, 1, rue Cabanis, 75674 Paris, France

Received 8 July 2005 ,Revised 12 January 2006 ,Accepted 16 January 2006.

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PII: S0925-4927(06)00014-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.01.005

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 3 , Pages 243-249 , 30 April 2006

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