Gadolinium enhancement of the anterior portion of the lumbosacral roots in a case of post-irradiation lumbosacral radiculopathy

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 758-761

  Umeda, Maiko ^a   Naruse, Satoshi ^a   Ito, Akiko ^a   Fujita, Nobuya ^a  

^a NAGAOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Corticosteroid; Lumbosacral radiculopathy; MRI; Post irradiation myelopathy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IRRADIATION; LEG MUSCLE; LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPATHY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULOPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WALKING;

ADULT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDNISOLONE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOTHERAPY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; WARFARIN;

EID: 28244445146     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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