The diagnostic and economic yield of neuroimaging in neuro-ophthalmology

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-144

  Mehta, Sonia ^a   Loevner, Laurie A ^a   Mikityansky, Igor ^a   Langlotz, Curtis ^a   Ying, Gui Shuang ^a   Tamhankar, Madhura A ^a   Shindler, Kenneth S ^a   Volpe, Nicholas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DYE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIPLOPIA; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE PAIN; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HEAD; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NECK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NEURITIS; ORBIT; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SYMPTOM; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861816535     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: 15365166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31824e3753     Document Type: Article

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