Imaging of the peripheral nervous system

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-153

  Stoll, Guido ^a   Wilder Smith, Einar ^b,c   Bendszus, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD NERVE BARRIER; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE NEUROGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE TUMORS; NERVE ULTRASOUND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NEURITIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE PARTICLES;

BLOOD NERVE BARRIER; ENTRAPMENT NEUROPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE NEUROGRAPHY; NERVE INFLAMMATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE TUMORS; NERVE ULTRASOUND; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE PARTICLES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84881519179     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52902-2.00008-4     Document Type: Chapter

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