Spinal MRI in vacuolar myelopathy, and correlation with histopathological findings

Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 865-869

  Sartoretti Schefer, S ^a   Blattler T ^b   Wichmann, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Vacuolar myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; VACUOLES;

EID: 1842410753     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050523     Document Type: Article

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