Radiographic imaging procedures in the diagnosis of the major central neuropathological consequences of alcohol abuse

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 146-153

  Scroop, Rebecca ^a   Sage, Michael R ^a   Voyvodic, Frank ^a   Kat, Evelyn ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Atrophy; Encephalopathy; Marchiafava Bignami disease; Myelinolysis; Osmotic; Wernicke Korsakoff

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARCHIAFAVA BIGNAMI DISEASE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OSMOTIC MYELINOLYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE;

EID: 0036277706     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2002.01024.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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