Bilateral Wallerian degeneration of the medial cerebellar peduncles after ponto-mesencephalic infarction

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 198-203

  Fitzek, Clemens ^a,b   Fitzek, Sabine ^a,b   Stoeter, Peter ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROLOGY;

IMAGING DIFFUSION;

RADIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1142273382     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(03)00132-3     Document Type: Article

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