MRI in subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord: A case report and review of literature

Neurology India

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 310-312

  Srikanth, S G ^a   Jayakumar, P N ^a   Vasudev, M K ^a   Taly, A B ^a   Chandrashekar, H S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cord hyperintensity; MRI; Spinal cord; Subacute combined degeneration; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; STOMACH BIOPSY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0036756541     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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