Magnetic resonance investigation of the upper spinal cord in pure and complicated hereditary spastic paraparesis

European Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 181-185

  Sperfeld, Anne Dorte ^a   Baumgartner, Annette ^a   Kassubek, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complicated hereditary spastic paraparesis; Pure hereditary spastic paraparesis; Spinal cord imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 31744452157     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090294     Document Type: Article

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