Peripheral spinal cord hypointensity on T2-weighted MR images: A reliable imaging sign of venous hypertensive myelopathy

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 781-786

  Hurst, Robert W ^a   Grossman, Robert I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0034039066     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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