Vermathen, Peter; Robert-Tissot, Laure; Pietz, Joachim; Lutz, Thomas; Boesch, Chris; Kreis, Roland (2007). Characterization of white matter alterations in phenylketonuria by magnetic resonance relaxometry and diffusion tensor imaging. Magnetic resonance in medicine, 58(6), pp. 1145-56. New York, N.Y.: Wiley-Liss 10.1002/mrm.21422
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)A multimodal MR study including relaxometry, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and MR spectroscopy was performed on patients with classical phenylketonuria (PKU) and matched controls, to improve our understanding of white matter (WM) lesions. Relaxometry yields information on myelin loss or malformation and may substantiate results from DTI attributed to myelin changes. Relaxometry was used to determine four brain compartments in normal-appearing brain tissue (NABT) and in lesions: water in myelin bilayers (myelin water, MW), water in gray matter (GM), water in WM, and water with long relaxation times (cerebrospinal fluid [CSF]-like signals). DTI yielded apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) and fractional anisotropies. MW and WM content were reduced in NABT and in lesions of PKU patients, while CSF-like signals were significantly increased. ADC values were reduced in PKU lesions, but also in the corpus callosum. Diffusion anisotropy was reduced in lesions because of a stronger decrease in the longitudinal than in the transverse diffusion. WM content and CSF-like components in lesions correlated with anisotropy and ADC. ADC values in lesions and in the corpus callosum correlated negatively with blood and brain phenylalanine (Phe) concentrations. Intramyelinic edema combined with vacuolization is a likely cause of the WM alterations. Correlations between diffusivity and Phe concentrations confirm vulnerability of WM to high Phe concentrations.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Paediatric Radiology > DCR Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Methodology (AMSM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Vermathen, Peter, Boesch, Christoph Hans, Kreis, Roland |
ISSN: |
0740-3194 |
ISBN: |
18046700 |
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Wiley-Liss |
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English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:56 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:22 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1002/mrm.21422 |
PubMed ID: |
18046700 |
Web of Science ID: |
000251346800009 |
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https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/24058 (FactScience: 46605) |
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