Visual evoked potential is superior to triple dose magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of optic nerve involvement

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1025-1033

  Acar, Göksemin ^a,b   Özakbas, Serkan ^a   Çakmakçi, Handan ^a   Idiman, Fethi ^a   Idiman, Egemen ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Optic neuritis; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; ORBIT; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS;

EID: 3142711059     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450490461332     Document Type: Article

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