HTLV-I carrier with unusual brain MR imaging findings

Neuroradiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 755-758

  Yata, Shinsaku ^a   Ogawa, Toshihide ^a   Sugihara, Shuji ^a   Matsusue, Eiji ^a   Fujii, Shinya ^a   Kinoshita, Toshibumi ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; HTLV 1 carrier; Magnetic resonance imaging; Yramidal tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; IRITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; UVEITIS; VIRUS CARRIER; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4644233750     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-004-1243-x     Document Type: Article

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