Correlation of MR imaging findings and clinical manifestations in neurosarcoidosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 953-961

  Shah, Ritu ^a,b   Roberson, G H ^a   Cure J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE LESION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SPINAL CORD LESION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 65949122546     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1470     Document Type: Article

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