The ependymal "Dot-Dash" sign: An MR imaging finding of early multiple sclerosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2033-2036

  Lisanti, Christopher J ^a   Asbach, Patrick ^b   Bradley Jr , William G ^c,d  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 32944457666     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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