Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 7 , Pages 368-372 , July 2008

Reversible Myelopathy on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Due to Cobalamin Deficiency

  • Wei-Ju Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hung-Yi Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Pao-Yu Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Pao-Yu Wang, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160, Section 3, Taichung-Kang Road, Taichung 407, Taiwan, R.O.C

Received 3 October 2007 ,Accepted 29 February 2008.

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PII: S1726-4901(08)70142-4

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70142-4

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 7 , Pages 368-372 , July 2008

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