Assessment of posterior fossa damage in MS using MRI

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 172, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Yousry, Tarek A ^a   Grossman, Robert I ^c   Filippi, Massimo ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Sci Inst Osp S   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brain stem; Cerebellum; Disability; Magnetic resonance imaging; MR sequences; Multiple sclerosis; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033991949     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00279-8     Document Type: Article

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