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Vermal atrophy of alcoholics correlate with serum thiamine levels but not with dentate iron concentrations as estimated by MRI

Maschke M, Weber J, Bonnet U, Dimitrova A, Bohrenkamper J, Sturm S, Muller BW, Gastpar M, Diener HC, Forsting M, Timmann D. Vermal atrophy of alcoholics correlate with serum thiamine levels but not with dentate iron concentrations as estimated by MRI. J Neurol. June 2005;252(6):704-711.

Publication Date
June 2005

How Analyze was Used
“Areas of following regions were semi- automatically ascertained on the median sagittal slice by three blinded investigators using Analyze 3.0 software (AnalyzeDirect Inc., Lenexa, KS, USA): ermal lobule I–V, vermal lobule VI–VIII, vermal lobule IX–X, and posterior fossa.”

Keywords
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alcohol Drinking/blood/pathology
Atrophy/pathology
Brain Chemistry
Case-Control Studies
Cerebellar Nuclei/metabolism/pathology
Cerebellum/pathology
Female
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Iron/metabolism
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Male
Middle Aged
Severity of Illness Index
Thiamine/blood
Transferrin/metabolism
gamma-Glutamyltransferase/blood

Author Affiliation(s)
Department of Neurology, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122, Essen, Germany. (MM, AD, JB, SS, HCD, DT)

Department of Neuroradiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122, Essen, Germany. (JW, MF)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Virchowstr. 174, 45147, Essen, Germany. (UB, BWM, MG)

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