Vitamin B12 deficiency neurological syndromes: Correlation of clinical, MRI and cognitive evoked potential

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 353-359

  Kalita, J ^a   Misra, U K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

B12; Dementia; MRI; Outcome; P3; Subacute combined degeneration

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DRUG RESPONSE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 41149156810     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-008-0660-x     Document Type: Article

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