MR imaging of peripheral nervous system involvement: Parsonage-Turner Syndrome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 315, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 170-171

  Zara, Gabriella ^a   Gasparotti, Roberto ^b   Manara, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Imaging of the brachial plexus; MR neurography; Parsonage Turner syndrome; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DENERVATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; NEURALGIC AMYOTROPHY; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL ROOT; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84857994285     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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