MRI findings in Hirayama disease

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 245-249

  Raval, Monali ^a   Kumari, Rima ^a   Dung Dung, Aldrin ^a   Guglani, Bhuvnesh ^a   Gupta, Nitij ^a   Gupta, Rohit ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b BK Medical   (Denmark)

Author keywords

3D FIESTA sequence; Flexion MR; Hirayama disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FAST IMAGING EMPLYOING STEADY STATE ACQUISITION; FEMALE; HIRAYAMA DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; STEADY STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 78650447230     PISSN: 09713026     EISSN: 19983808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.73528     Document Type: Article

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