Magnetic resonance imaging of the peripheral nervous system

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 256, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1043-1051

  Stoll, Guido ^a   Bendszus, Martin ^a,b   Perez, Jose ^a   Pham, Mirko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Nerve injury; Nerve tumour; Neuroinflammation; Neuropathy; Plexopathy

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURITIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 67650487241     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5064-z     Document Type: Review

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