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Adrenomyeloneuropathy
Study data from University of Siena update understanding of adrenomyeloneuropathy
March 9th, 2008
"Cerebral involvement is usually absent in pure adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN). Recently, nonconventional MR studies have reported brain abnormalities in patients with pure AMN, providing evidence that occult cerebral involvement may occur in this disease," scientists in Siena, Italy report. "It remains unclear, however, whether these brain abnormalities reflect centripetal extension of spinal cord long-tract axonopathy or can be the expression of a pathologic process largely involving the brain. Conventional MRI and proton MR spectroscopic imaging (H-1-MRSI) data of four patients with pure AMN were compared to those of four men with spinal cord injury (SCI) and 10...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-03-09)
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