Magnetic resonance angiography in suspected cerebral vasculitis

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1005-1012

  Demaerel, Philippe ^a   De Ruyter, Nele ^a   Maes, Frederik ^a   Velghe, Beatrijs ^b   Wilms, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

MR angiography; Stenosis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 2942716932     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2239-y     Document Type: Article

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