Cerebrovascular stenosis in neurofibromatosis type 1 and utility of magnetic resonance angiography: Our experience and literature review

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 415-421

  D'Arco, Felice ^a   D'Amico, Alessandra ^a   Caranci, Ferdinando ^a   Di Paolo, Nilde ^a   Melis, Daniela ^a   Brunetti, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial stenosis; Magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurofibromatosis type 1

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1;

EID: 84902192072     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-013-0358-8     Document Type: Article

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