Diffusion abnormality in Balo's concentric sclerosis: Clues for the pathogenesis

European Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-44

  Wiendl, Heinz ^a   Weissert, Robert ^a   Herrlinger, Ulrich ^a   Krapf, Hilmar ^a   Küker, Wilhelm ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSE CEREBRAL SCLEROSIS OF SCHILDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 17144417771     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084264     Document Type: Article

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