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The Leptomeningeal “Ivy Sign” on Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery MR Imaging in Moyamoya Disease: A Sign of Decreased Cerebral Vascular Reserve?
N. Mori, S. Mugikura, S. Higano, T. Kaneta, M. Fujimura, A. Umetsu, T. Murata and S. Takahashi
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2009, 30 (5) 930-935; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1504
N. Mori
S. Mugikura
S. Higano
T. Kaneta
M. Fujimura
A. Umetsu
T. Murata

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- Received October 14, 2008
- Accepted after revision December 15, 2008
- Published online May 12, 2009.
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- N. Moria,
- S. Mugikuraa,
- S. Higanoa,
- T. Kanetaa,
- M. Fujimurab,
- A. Umetsua,
- T. Murataa and
- S. Takahashia
- aDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- bDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Address correspondence to: Naoko Mori, MD, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Seiryo 1-1, Sendai 980-8574, Japan; e-mail: chihuahua{at}rad.med.tohoku.ac.jp
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The Leptomeningeal “Ivy Sign” on Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery MR Imaging in Moyamoya Disease: A Sign of Decreased Cerebral Vascular Reserve?
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2009, 30 (5) 930-935; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1504
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