Spinal-cord MRI in multiple sclerosis

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 555-562

  Lycklama, Geert ^a   Thompson, Alan ^d   Filippi, Massimo ^b   Miller, David ^d   Polman, Chris ^a   Fazekas, Franz ^c   Barkhof, Frederik ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Universitatsklinikum Basel   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Radiology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INFECTION;

EID: 0042521064     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(03)00504-0     Document Type: Review

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