Neuroradiological study of a possible progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy using diffusion tensor imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 555-560

  Matsui, Naoko ^a   Nakane, Shunya ^a   Harada, Masafumi ^a   Furutani, Kaori ^a   Izumi, Yuishin ^a   Oka, Hirofumi ^b   Hashimoto, Chizuru ^c   Kaji, Ryuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b TOKUSHIMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Anan Kyoei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); JC virus (JCV); MR spectroscopy (MRS); Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTONS;

EID: 33845336809     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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