title: Magnetic resonance imaging of metabolic diseases of the cerebral white matter.
abstract: Metabolic diseases of the brain are a rare occurrence. They may be either occurring as inherited diseases causing a destruction of myelin, or they may be the result of toxicity. Neuroimaging, especially magnetic resonance imaging, plays an important role in the detection and classification of these rare diseases. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy is an important tool in the characterization and diagnosis of inherited metabolic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. maria.i.vargas@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Maria Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Merlini
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haller
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cuvinciuc
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schroth
authors.forename: Vitor Mendes
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Karl Olof
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Lövblad
mesh_terms: D001928:Brain Diseases, Metabolic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D054022:Cerebrum / Q000473:pathology; D020279:Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D056784:Leukoencephalopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011859:Radiography