MR imaging of the mamillothalamic tract

Radiology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 593-598

  Yamada, Kei ^a   Shrier, David A ^a   Rubio, Ana ^a   Yoshiura, Takashi ^a   Iwanaga, Soji ^a   Shibata, Dean K ^a   Patel, Uresh ^a   Numaguchi, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, abnormalities, 14.77, 14.88; Brain, anatomy, 14.92; Brain, MR, 14.12141; Thalamus, 14.77, 14.88, 14.92

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031865953     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.207.3.9609878     Document Type: Article

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