Publications by authors named "Gui-Dian Li"
The asymmetry of neural symptoms in Wilson's disease patients detecting by diffusion tensor imaging, resting-state functional MRI, and susceptibility-weighted imaging.
Brain Behav
May 2018
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to investigate the causes of motor asymmetry in patients with Wilson's disease (WD) using functional MRI techniques.
- Fifty WD patients and 20 healthy controls underwent brain imaging to analyze various neurological symptoms and their relationship with brain structure and function.
- Results showed significant asymmetry in motor symptoms and brain fiber projections, suggesting that the unevenness in these projections may be a key factor behind the motor asymmetry observed in WD patients.
Objective: To evaluate damage to the extracorticospinal tract in Wilson disease (WD) patients using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).
Methods: 70 patients with WD, including 50 with cerebral type and 20 with hepatic type, and 20 age-matched healthy controls were enrolled. Neurological symptoms were scored using the modified Young Scale.
Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and fractional anisotropy (FA) values with fatty infiltration in the thigh muscles of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) using diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI).
Subjects And Methods: Twenty-one boys with DMD were recruited. The grade of fatty infiltration and the ADC and FA values of four thigh muscles (rectus femoris, semitendinosus, sartorius, and gracilis) were measured, and the FA and ADC values were compared with the grade of fatty infiltration.