Magnetic resonance imaging demonstration of a single lesion causing wallerian degeneration in ascending and descending tracts in the spinal cord

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-253

  Kashani, Hany ^a   Farb, Richard ^a   Kucharczyk, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

MRI; Spinal trauma

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE INJURIES; SPINAL TRAUMA; SPINAL-CORD; T2 WEIGHTED; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77950357797     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181c34626     Document Type: Article

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