Differentiation of dys- and demyelination using diffusional anisotropy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-66

  Ono, Jiro ^a,b,c   Harada, Koushi ^b   Mano, Toshiyuki ^c   Sakurai, Kosuke ^d   Okada, Shintaro ^c  

^a TOYONAKA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Kaizuka Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031048273     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(96)00249-4     Document Type: Article

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