'Hot-cross bun sign' of multiple system atrophy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 1883-

  Takao, Masaki ^a   Kadowaki, Taro ^a   Tomita, Yutaka ^a   Yoshida, Yoji ^a   Mihara, Ban ^a  

^a Mihara Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hot cross bun sign; MRI; Multiple system atrophy; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; DYSARTHRIA; FATALITY; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PNEUMONIA; PONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME;

GLIOSIS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; PONS;

EID: 36749066556     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0514     Document Type: Article

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