Neurosyphilis: MRI features and their phenotypic correlation in a cohort of 35 patients from a tertiary care university hospital

Neuroradiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 379-388

  Nagappa, M ^a   Sinha, S ^a   Taly, A B ^a   Rao, S L ^a   Nagarathna, S ^a   Bindu, P S ^a   Bharath, R D ^a   Murthy, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

MRI; Neurosyphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WHITE MATTER;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84879688257     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-012-1017-9     Document Type: Article

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