Diffusion tensor imaging in hyperthyroidism: assessment of microstructural white matter abnormality with a tract-based spatial statistical analysis.

Kerim AslanHediye Pinar GunbeySumeyra CortcuOnur OzyurtUgur AvciLutfi Incesu

Published in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2020)

This study showed that more regions are affected by the RD increase than the AD decrease in the WM tracts of patients with hyperthyroidism. These preliminary results suggest that demyelination is the main mechanism of microstructural alterations in the WM of hyperthyroid patients.

Keyphrases

white matter
end stage renal disease
multiple sclerosis
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
patient reported