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FLAIR appearance of Wernicke encephalopathy.

Ryuichiro Ashikaga, Y Araki, Y Ono, Noritomo Itami, Masayuki Akamatsu, K Kinoshita, O Ishida

PubMed · 1997 · 17 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

We performed MR imaging of the brain with both conventional spin-echo (SE) and fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) sequences in a case of Wernicke encephalopathy. Lesion conspicuity was found to be better with FLAIR imaging.