Proton MRS in Behçet's disease with and without neurological findings

Neuroradiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 860-864

  Baysal, Tamer ^a   Ozisik, H I ^a   Karlidag, R ^a   Sarac, K ^a   Baysal, O ^a   Dusak, A ^a   Hazneci, E ^a   Ozcan, C ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Brain; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLITE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0346025638     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-003-1052-7     Document Type: Article

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