Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 143-147 , March 2010

Use of diffusion-weighted imaging in recurrent central nervous system Whipple's disease: a case report and review of the literature

  • Amit A. Raheja

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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  • Yvonne W. Lui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467-2401, USA. Tel.: +1 718 920 4030.
    • ,
  • Alberto Pinzon-Ardila

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Ruth P. Lim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, NYU Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Steven A. Sparr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

Received 10 March 2009 ,Accepted 5 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.05.011

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 143-147 , March 2010

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