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Editorial Comment: Iron-sensitive MR imaging of the primary motor cortex to differentiate hereditary spastic paraplegia from other motor neuron diseases

Author: Tiffany Y. So

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 12/2022

Key Points

• Conventional and advanced MR techniques may aid in the diagnosis of motor neuron disease.

• Iron-sensitive MR imaging of the primary motor cortex may reveal changes to help differentiate hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) from UMM predominant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (UMN-ALS) and primary lateral sclerosis (PLS).

• Additional research in this area is necessary.

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Title: Editorial Comment: Iron-sensitive MR imaging of the primary motor cortex to differentiate hereditary spastic paraplegia from other motor neuron diseases
Author: Tiffany Y. So
Publication date: 08-09-2022
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Spastic Paraplegia
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Published in: European Radiology / Issue 12/2022
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-022-09093-8

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Editorial Comment: Iron-sensitive MR imaging of the primary motor cortex to differentiate hereditary spastic paraplegia from other motor neuron diseases

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