Assessing "occult" cervical cord damage in patients with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus using diffusion tensor MRI

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 893-895

  Benedetti, Beatrice ^a   Rovaris, Marco ^a   Judica, Elda ^a   Donadoni, Giovanni ^a   Ciboddo, Gianfranco ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SIZE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 34547614459     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.110262     Document Type: Article

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