A proposed mechanism of superficial siderosis supported by surgical and neuroimaging findings

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 823-826

  Cheng, Chun Yu ^a,b   Chen, Min Hsiung ^a,b   Wang, Shuu Jiun ^a,b   Lin, Kon Ping ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE MYELOGRAPHY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; SIDEROSIS; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SUPERFICIAL SIDEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HEMOSIDERIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79955705565     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.02.028     Document Type: Article

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