A case of rheumatoid meningitis: Findings on diffusion-weighted image versus FLAIR image

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-195

  Matsuura, Daisuke ^a   Ohshita, Tomohiko ^a   Nagano, Yoshito ^a   Ohtsuki, Toshiho ^a   Kohriyama, Tatsuo ^a   Matsumoto, Masayasu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted MRI; Hypertrophic pachymeningitis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid meningitis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41649090946     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.48.191     Document Type: Article

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