MRI shows dorsal lesions and spinal cord atrophy in chronic sensory neuronopathies

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-172

  França Jr , Marcondes C ^a   D'Abreu, Anelyssa ^a   Zanardi, Verônica A ^a   Faria, Andréia V ^a   Lopes Cendes, Iscia ^a   Nucci, Anamarli ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Sensory neuronopathy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATROPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEREDITARY SENSORY AND AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 41549112480     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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