| Literature DB >> 19243073 |
Susie M D Henley1, Edward J Wild, Nicola Z Hobbs, Chris Frost, David G MacManus, Roger A Barker, Nick C Fox, Sarah J Tabrizi.
Abstract
Therapeutic trials in Huntington's disease (HD) are challenging as clinical progression is slow and variable and reliable biomarkers are lacking. We used magnetic resonance imaging and the brain boundary shift integral to quantify whole-brain atrophy rates over 1 year in early and premanifest HD subjects, and controls. Early HD subjects had statistically significantly (P = 0.007) increased (threefold higher) rates of whole-brain atrophy compared with controls. Higher atrophy rates were associated with longer CAG repeat length. MRI-based measures of whole-brain atrophy may have potential as a measure of progression in HD. (c) 2009 Movement Disorder Society.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19243073 DOI: 10.1002/mds.22485
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mov Disord ISSN: 0885-3185 Impact factor: 10.338