Differential response to corticosteroid therapy of MRI findings and clinical manifestations in spinal cord sarcoidosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 247, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 544-549

  Koike, Haruki ^a   Misu, Ken ichiro ^a   Yasui, Keizo ^a   Kameyama, Takashi ^b   Ando, Tetsuo ^c   Yanagi, T Tsutomu ^c   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU PREFECTURAL TAJIMI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid therapy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prognosis; Sarcoidosis; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; UVEITIS;

EID: 0033880437     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150070154     Document Type: Article

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