Significance of magnetic resonance imaging in differential diagnosis of nontraumatic brachial plexopathy;Značaj magnetne rezonance za diferencijalnu dijagnozu netraumatskih brahijalnih pleksopatija

Vojnosanitetski Pregled

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-331

  Perić, Stojan ^a   Lavrnić, Slobodan ^a   Basta, Ivana ^a   Damjanović, Dušan ^a   Stošić Opinćal, Tatjana ^a   Lavrnić, Dragana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus neuropathies; Diagnosis; Differential; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; BREAST CANCER; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE LESION; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; NONTRAUMATIC BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POST RADIATION BRACHIAL PLEXUS FIBROSIS; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79955549201     PISSN: 00428450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/VSP1104327P     Document Type: Article

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