Bilateral Wallerian degeneration of the middle cerebellar peduncles due to paramedian pontine infarction: MRI findings

Neuroradiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 896-899

  Küker, Wilhelm ^a,c   Schmidt, F ^b   Heckl, S ^a   Nagele T ^a   Herrlinger, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellar peduncles; MRI; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

AGED; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PONS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 11244291003     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-004-1287-y     Document Type: Article

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