MR imaging of normal perivascular space expansion at midbrain

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 566-571

  Saeki, Naokatsu ^a   Sato, Motoki ^a   Kubota, Motoo ^a   Uchino, Yoshio ^a   Murai, Hisayuki ^a   Nagai, Yuichiro ^a   Ishikura, Hiroshi ^a   Nomura, Seitaro ^a   Matsuura, Iichiro ^a   Yamaura, Akira ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIENCEPHALON; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 16844377810     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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