Lhermitte's sign in alcoholic myelopathy without portosystemic shunting: MRI evaluation

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-154

  Imai, Tomihiro ^a   Tsuda, Emiko ^a   Suzuki, Mikiya ^a   Hozuki, Takayoshi ^a   Matsumoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholic myelopathy; Cervical cord; Lhermitte's sign; MRI; Posterior column

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC MYELOPATHY; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; LHERMITTE DUCLOS DISEASE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14944356499     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.153     Document Type: Article

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