A case of Marchiafava-Bignami disease: MRI findings on spin-echo and fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) images

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-143

  Yamamoto, Takashi ^a   Ashikaga, Ryuichiro ^a   Araki, Yutaka ^a   Nishimura, Yasumasa ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Corpus callosum; Fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Marchiafava Bignami disease

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY (FLAIR); MARCHIAFAVA-BIGNAMI DISEASES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

THIAMINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOLISM; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034193817     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(99)00125-4     Document Type: Article

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