The role of spinal cord imaging in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 283-286

  Nielsen, Jessica M ^a   Barkhof, Frederik ^a   van Oosten, Bob W ^a   Polman, Chris H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain MRI; Cerebrospinal fluid; Diagnosis; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSESTHESIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG DISEASE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN TINGLING; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURILEMMOMA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646252948     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0169     Document Type: Article

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