Pathogenesis of normal-appearing white matter damage in neuromyelitis optica: Diffusion-tensor MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 222-228

  Yu, Chunshui ^a   Lin, Fuchun ^b   Li, Kuncheng ^a   Jiang, Tianzi ^b   Qin, Wen ^a   Sun, Hong ^a   Chan, Piu ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 37349104916     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461062075     Document Type: Article

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