MR imaging of symptomatic neurocutaneous melanosis in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Byrd, S E ^a   Darling, C F ^a   Tomita, T ^a   Chou, Pauline ^a   De Leon, G A ^a   Radkowski, M A ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOSIS; NEVUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031027532     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050060     Document Type: Article

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