An unusual spinal presentation of Whipple disease

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1004-1008

  Messori, Anna ^b   Di Bella, Paolo ^b   Polonara, Gabriele ^b   Logullo, Francesco ^b   Pauri, Paola ^b   Haghighipour, Ramazan ^b   Salvolini, Ugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0035034134     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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