Brain MRI abnormalities in ataxia-telangiectasia

Neurologist

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-195

  Habek, Mario ^a,b   Brinar, Vesna V ^a   Radoš, Marko ^a   Zadro, Ivana ^a   Žarković, Kamelija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Age; Ataxia telangiectasia; Demyelination; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTROCYTOMA; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TELANGIECTASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43449089527     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31815fa5a7     Document Type: Article

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