Comparative brain stem lesions on MRI of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, neuromyelitis optica, and multiple sclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Lu, Zhengqi ^a   Zhang, Bingjun ^a   Qiu, Wei ^a   Kang, Zhuang ^a   Shen, Liping ^a   Long, Youming ^a   Huang, Junqi ^b   Hu, Xueqiang ^a  

^a THE THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD LESION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN STEM; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM; DEMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051506032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022766     Document Type: Article

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