Imaging of peripheral nerve lesions

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 621-626

  Koltzenburg, Martin ^a,b   Bendszus, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurogenic changes of skeletal muscle; Topographical investigations; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 6944255315     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200410000-00013     Document Type: Review

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