MR imaging of the optic nerve sheath in patients with craniospinal hypotension

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1752-1757

  Rohr, Axel C ^a   Jensen, U ^a   Riedel, C ^a   Van Baalen, A ^a   Fruehauf, M C ^a   Bartsch, T ^a   Hedderich, J ^a   Doerner, L ^a   Jansen, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOSPINAL HYPOTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NERVE SHEATH; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPTIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS VENOSUS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958525358     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2120     Document Type: Article

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