Acute severe memory impairment as a presenting symptom of multiple sclerosis: A clinical case study with 3D double inversion recovery MR imaging

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1521-1524

  Coebergh, Jaf ^a   Roosendaal, S D ^b   Polman, C H ^b   Geurts, J J ^b   Van Woerkom, Tcam ^a  

^a HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

double inversion recovery imaging; hippocampus; memory impairment; MRI; multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

NATALIZUMAB;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE INVERSION RECOVERY IMAGING; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECALL; SYMPTOM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650089082     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458510383302     Document Type: Article

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