Hereditary nephritis (Alport syndrome): MR imaging findings in the brain

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-72

  Nuri Sener, R ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alport syndrome; Brain inflammation; Brain MR studies; Central nervous system; Genitourinary system; Hereditary nephritis; Inherited; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEONATAL MONITORING; NEUROLOGY; PEDIATRICS; UROLOGY;

ALPORT SYNDROME; GENITOURINARY SYSTEM;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYELINATION; NEPHRITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; THALAMIC DISEASES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0031732693     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(97)00039-6     Document Type: Article

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