MR imaging of pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 446-449

  Moriwaka, Fumio ^a   Tashiro, Kunio ^a   Maruo, Yasunori ^a   Nomura, Mikio ^b   Hamada, Kohji ^c   Kashiwaba, Takeshi ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Azabu Neurosurgery Hospital   (Japan)

^c Hokuyuu kai Neurology Hospital ^*  (Japan)

^d Kashiwaba Neurosurgery Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Demyelination; Diseases; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PONS;

EID: 0023938278     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-198805010-00018     Document Type: Article

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