Magnetic resonance imaging in juvenile asymmetric segmental spinal muscular atrophy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-138

  Pradhan, Sunil ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

amyotrophy; anterior horn cell; cervical; magnetic resonance imaging; myelopathy; spinal muscular atrophy; upper extremity; wasting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031054227     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00296-1     Document Type: Article

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