A case of MELAS: Hyperperfused lesions detected by non-invasive perfusion-weighted MR imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 50-53

  Takasu, Miyuki ^a,b   Kajima, Toshio ^a   Ito, Katsuhide ^a   Kato, Yasuhiro ^a   Sakura, Nobuo ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Chuden Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

FAIR; MELAS; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME;

EID: 24144446151     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.1.50     Document Type: Article

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