Comparison of transcranial sonography, magnetic resonance imaging, and single photon emission computed tomography findings in idiopathic spasmodic torticollis

Movement Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-88

  Backer, Georg ^a,c   Naumann, Markus ^a   Scheubeck, Maximilian ^a   Hofmann, Erich ^a   Deimling, Michael ^b   Lindner, Alfred ^a   Gahn, Georg ^a   Reiners, Christoph ^a   Toyka, Klaus V ^a   Reiners, Karlheinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Diagnostic Imaging   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Single photon emission computed tomography; Transcranial color coded duplex sonography; Transcranial Doppler sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; N [(1 ETHYL 2 PYRROLIDINYL)METHYL] 3 IODO 6 METHOXYSALICYLAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPASMODIC TORTICOLLIS; THALAMUS;

EID: 17444435511     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870120114     Document Type: Article

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