High signal in the spinal cord on T2-weighted images in rapidly progressive tropical spastic paraparesis

Neuroradiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-233

  Watanabe, M ^a   Yamashita, T ^a   Hara, A ^a   Murakami, T ^a   Ando, Y ^a   Uyama, E ^a   Mita, S ^a   Uchino, M ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human T cell lymphotropic virus associated myelopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord; Tropical spastic paraparesis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYTOKINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TROPICAL DISEASE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; SPINAL CORD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035112252     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340000449     Document Type: Article

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