MRI in neuro-Behcet's syndrome: Comparison of conventional spin-echo and FLAIR pulse sequences

Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 750-758

  Jager H R ^a,b   Albrecht, T ^a   Curati Alasonatti, W L ^a   Williams, E J ^a   Haskard, D O ^c  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behcet's syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulse sequences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033238207     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050837     Document Type: Article

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