Orbital high resolution magnetic resonance imaging with fast spin echo in the acute stage of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 124-127

  Mashima, Yukihiko ^a   Oshitari, Kazuhiro ^a   Imamura, Yutaka ^a   Momoshima, Suketaka ^a   Shiga, Hayao ^a   Oguchi, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fast spin echo sequence; Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy; MRI; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031960873     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.64.1.124     Document Type: Article

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