Lesson of the week. Cavernous haemangioma mimicking multiple sclerosis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7198, 1999, Pages 1604-1605

  Cader, M Zameel ^a   Winer, J B ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033549370     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7198.1604     Document Type: Article

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