Neuropsychological significance of areas of high signal intensity on brain MRIs of children with neurofibromatosis

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1660-1668

  Moore III, B D ^a,c   Slopis, J M ^a,b   Schomer, D ^a   Jackson, E F ^a   Levy, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029890041     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.6.1660     Document Type: Article

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