Diagnosing variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with the pulvinar sign: MR imaging findings in 86 neuropathologically confirmed cases

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1560-1569

  Collie, Donald A ^a   Summers, David M ^a   Sellar, Robin J ^a   Ironside, James W ^a   Cooper, Sarah ^a   Zeidler, Martin ^a   Knight, Richard ^a   Will, Robert G ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PULVINAR; PULVINAR SIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BRAIN; CONSENSUS; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULVINAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0141520597     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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