Open-ring imaging sign: Highly specific for atypical brain demyelination

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1427-1433

  Masdeu, Joseph C ^a,b   Quinto, C ^a   Olivera, C ^a   Tenner, M ^a   Leslie, D ^a   Visintainer, P ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain CT; Brain infection; Brain MR; Brain neoplasms; Brain white matter; Cerebral sclerosis, diffuse; Contrast enhancement; CT; MS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034636204     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.7.1427     Document Type: Article

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