Neuroimaging in postinfectious demyelination and nutritional disorders of the central nervous system

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 843-858

  Tchoyoson Lim, C C ^a,b  

^a National Neuroscience Institute   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Encephalomyelitis; Myelin sheath; Oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; LEIGH DISEASE; MARCHIAFAVA BIGNAMI DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OSMOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBACUTE COMBINED DEGENERATION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 82455175648     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: 15579867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2011.08.001     Document Type: Review

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