Differential Diagnosis of Acute Myelopathies: An Update

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 183-187

  Nichtweiss M ^a   Weidauer, S ^b  

^a Teaching Hospital of the Goethe – University ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute myelopathy; MRI; Neuromyelitis optica; Spinal cord; Spinal cord infarct; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINALLY EXTENSIVE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLIOMYELITIS; RASH; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 84942551076     PISSN: 18691439     EISSN: 18691447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-015-0401-3     Document Type: Review

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