The cerebral intravascular enhancement sign is not specific: A contrast-enhanced MRI study

Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 80-85

  Bakshi, R ^a   Kinkel, W R ^a   Bates, V E ^a   Mechtler, L L ^a   Kinkel, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammations; Intravascular enhancement; Magnetic resonance imaging; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0033063621     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050710     Document Type: Article

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