Evaluation with MR, perfusion MR and cerebral flow SPECT in NPSLE patients;Valutazione con RM, RM di perfusione e SPECT del flusso cerebrale nei pazienti con NeuroLES

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 105, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 482-489

  Borrelli, M ^a   Tamarozzi, R ^b   Colamussi, P ^b   Govoni, M ^b   Trotta, F ^b   Lappi, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Co registration; NPSLE; PWI; SPECT

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0043160271     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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