Rate of caudate atrophy in presymptomatic and symptomatic stages of Huntington's disease
Aylward E, Codori A, Rosenblatt A, Sherr M, Brandt J, Stine O, Barta P, Pearlson G, Ross C. Rate of caudate atrophy in presymptomatic and symptomatic stages of Huntington's disease. Movement Disorders 2000, 15: 552-560. PMID: 10830423, DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(200005)15:3<552::aid-mds1020>3.0.co;2-p.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUseful outcome measureCaudate volumeHuntington's diseaseSymptomatic patientsSymptomatic subjectsCaudate atrophyOutcome measuresLongitudinal changesStages of HDMean interscan intervalSerial magnetic resonance imagesHD gene mutationNeurological examSymptomatic groupModerate symptomsMild symptomsSymptomatic stagePresymptomatic carriersTherapeutic studiesTreatment effectivenessPatientsMagnetic resonance imagesDiseaseGene mutationsInterscan interval