MR Imaging Findings of Spinal Posterior Column Involvement in a Case of Miller Fisher Syndrome

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 645-648

  Inoue, Nobuhiro ^a,d   Ichimura, Homare ^a   Goto, Satoshi ^b   Hashimoto, Yoichiro ^c   Ushio, Yukitaka ^b  

^a Health Insurance Hitoyoshi General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Department of Neurology   (Japan)

^d Kumamoto Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNDROME DELINEATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GAMMA-CHAINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2142713860     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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