Diffusion tensor imaging in idiopathic acute transverse myelitis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Joon, Woo Lee ^a   Kyung, Seok Park ^a   Jae, Hyoung Kim ^a   Choi, Ja Young ^b   Sung, Hwan Hong ^b   Park, Seong Ho ^a   Heung, Sik Kang ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute transverse myelitis; Diffusion tensor imaging; Spine

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAINE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 49149117532     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2800     Document Type: Article

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