Comparison of MR pulse sequences in the detection of multiple sclerosis lesions

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 959-963

  Yousry, Tarek A ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^b   Becker, Christoph ^a   Horsfield, Mark A ^c   Voltz, Raymond ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance,technique; Sclerosis, multiple

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031392179     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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