Non-communicating syringomyelia: A feature of spinal cord involvement in multiple sclerosis

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1776-1782

  Weier, Katrin ^a   Naegelin, Yvonne ^a   Thoeni, Alain ^a   Hirsch, Jochen G ^a   Kappos, Ludwig ^a   Steinbrich, Wolfgang ^a   Radue, Ernst Wilhelm ^a   Gass, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 46849117325     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn068     Document Type: Article

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