A case of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-57

  Irisawa, Momoko ^a   Amanuma, Makoto ^a   Kozawa, Eito ^a   Kimura, Fumiko ^a   Araki, Nobuo ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gerstmann Str ussler Scheinker syndrome; MRI; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER SCHEINKER SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERSTMANN-STRAUSSLER-SCHEINKER DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 34547439391     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.6.53     Document Type: Article

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