MR imaging in Wegener granulomatosis of the spinal cord

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-21

  Mentzel, Hans J ^a   Neumann, Thomas ^b   Fitzek, Clemens ^a   Sauner, Dieter ^a   Reichenbach, Jürgen R ^a   Kaiser, Werner A ^a  

^a Inst Diagn/Interventional Radiol   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0037243780     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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