CT and MRI of Wernicke's encephalopathy;TC e RM dell'encefalopatia di Wernicke

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 319-333

  Cerase, A ^a   Rubenni, E ^b   Rufa, A ^b   Vallone, I ^a   Galluzzi, P ^a   Coratti, G ^a   Franchi, F ^a   Giannini, F ^b   Venturi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 79953708501     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-011-0618-x     Document Type: Article

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