Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: Beyond longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 630-637

  Lemos, M D ^a   Carvalho, G B S ^a   Carvalho, R S ^a   Bichuetti, D B ^a   De Oliveira, E M L ^a   Abdala, N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER LESION; BRAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84929026260     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2015.02.016     Document Type: Article

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