Inflammatory lesions of the spinal cord and the nerve roots in magnetic resonance imaging;Entzundliche Erkrankungen des Ruckenmarks und der Nervenwurzeln in der MRT

Radiologe

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 897-913

  Sartoretti Schefer, Sabine ^a   Wichmann, W ^a   Valavanis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

bacteria; HIV infection; MRI; multiple sclerosis; myelitis; radiculitis; sarcoidosis; spinal meningitis; viruses

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULITIS; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; PATHOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL ROOT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; RADICULOPATHY; SARCOIDOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0029832104     PISSN: 0033832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001170050157     Document Type: Review

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