Multiple sclerosis of the spinal cord: Diagnosis and follow-up with contrast-enhanced MR and correlation with clinical activity

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1025-1033

  Trop, Isabelle ^a   Bourgouin, Pierre M ^a,e   Lapierre, Yves ^b   Duquette, Pierre ^a   Wolfson, Christina M ^c   Duong, Hoang D ^b   Trudel, Geralyn C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0032471380     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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