Brain MRI in multiple sclerosis: Evaluation of lesion contrast enhancement with and without magnetization transfer;Risonanza magnetica encefalica con trasferimento della magnetizzazione nella sclerosi multipla: Iperintensità lesionale prima e dopo somministrazione endovenosa di gadolinio

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 138-143

  Renzetti, Paolo ^a   Parodi, Roberto Carlo ^a   Losacco, Caterina ^a   Rosso, Elisabetta ^a   Arcuri, Tommaso ^a,b   Sardanelli, Franco ^a,b  

^a Cliniche Universitarie Convenzionate DIMI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; GADOTERIDOL; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BRAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033196030     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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