MRI features of neurodegenerative Langerhans cell histiocytosis

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2074-2082

  Martin Duverneuil, Nadine ^a   Idbaih, A ^a   Hoang Xuan, K ^a   Donadieu, J ^b   Genereau, T ^c   Guillevin, R ^a   Chiras, J ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b GH Trousseau ^*  (France)

^c Groupe d'Étude des Histiocytoses Langerhansiennes   (France)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Degenerative like; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuro Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL DETECTION; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33746881005     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0200-y     Document Type: Article

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