Dilated Virchow-Robin spaces in myotonic dystrophy: Frequency, extent and significance

European Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 131-139

  Di Costanzo, Alfonso ^a   Di Salle, Francesco ^b   Santoro, Lucio ^b   Bonavita, Vincenzo ^b   Tedeschi, Gioacchino ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myotonic dystrophy; Virchow Robin spaces

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHENOTYPE; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0035743326     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050786     Document Type: Article

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