Balo's concentric sclerosis: A clinical case study of brain MRI, biopsy, and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic findings

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 655-658

  Kim, Mee Ohk ^a   Lee, Sang Ahm ^a,b   Choi, Choong Gon ^a   Huh, Joo Ryoung ^a   Lee, Myoung Chong ^a  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Balo's concentric sclerosis; Brain biopsy; Brain MRI; Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; INOSITOL; LIPID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TIME; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030978722     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.6.655     Document Type: Article

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