Gadolinium enhancement of the cauda equina following ischemia of the lumbar cord;Kontrastmittelaufnahme der cauda equina nach ischämie im conus medullaris

Nervenarzt

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 479-481

  Kastenbauer, S ^a   Bruning R ^a   Pfister, H W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Enhancement; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal ischemia; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTONEURON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ISCHEMIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 23944439980     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-004-1745-0     Document Type: Article

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