Is spinal epidural lipomatosis an MRI-based diagnosis with clinical implications? A retrospective analysis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 409-414

  Pinkhardt, E H ^a   Sperfeld, A D ^a   Bretschneider, V ^a   Unrath, A ^a   Ludolph, A C ^a   Kassubek, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification; MRI; Retrospective analysis; Spinal epidural lipomatosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOMATOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL EPIDURAL LIPOMATOSIS; THORACIC SPINE;

EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 43149124808     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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