'Wine glass' appearance: A unique MRI observation in a case of primary lateral sclerosis

Neurology India

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 306-309

  Kuruvilla, A ^a   Joseph, S ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Motor neuron disease; MRI; Primary lateral sclerosis; Wine glass sign

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG DISEASE; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPASTICITY; TENDON REFLEX; TONGUE DISEASE;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE;

EID: 0036756131     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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