Cerebellar atrophy attributed to cerebellitis in two patients

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-107

  Adachi, Michito ^a   Kawanami, Toru ^b   Ohshima, Humi ^a   Hosoya, Takaaki ^b  

^a Ohshima Clinic   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Cerebellar atrophy; Cerebellitis; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

EID: 33644876480     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.4.103     Document Type: Article

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