Marchiafava-Bignami disease: Two cases with favourable outcome

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 269-272

  Helenius, Johanna ^a   Tatlisumak, T ^a   Soinne, L ^a   Valanne, L ^a   Kaste, M ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Corpus callosum; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Marchiafava Bignami disease (MBD); Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARCHIAFAVA BIGNAMI DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCANDINAVIA; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN DISEASES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0035024565     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2001.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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