Pathologic findings of silent, small hyperintense foci in the basal ganglia and thalamus on MRI

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 666-668

  Takao, Masaki ^a   Koto, A ^b   Tanahashi, N ^b   Fukuuchi, Y ^b   Takagi, M ^b   Morinaga, S ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0032976953     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.3.666     Document Type: Article

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