Morning glory sign is not prevalent in progressive supranuclear palsy.

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  • Harushi Mori
  • Shigeki Aoki
  • Kuni Ohtomo
چکیده

Fig. 1. A 59-year-old female with parkinsonian multiple system atrophy (MSA-P) with no vertical supranuclear gaze-palsy. A T2weighted image suggests the lateral margin of the posterior tegmentum of the midbrain is ‰at or slightly concave. Note that both superior and inferior colliculi are present in the same plane. Fig. 2. A midsagittal T1-weighted image of the same patient. The horizontal line corresponds to the location of Fig. 1. Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 4, p. 215–217, 2004

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

دوره 3 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004