Leigh Syndrome: Serial CT and MR imaging findings

Nippon Acta Radiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 839-845

  Ariga, Hisanori ^a   Takahashi, Shoki ^a   Miyabayashi, Shigeaki ^a   Ohnuma, Akira ^b   Higano, Shuichi ^a   Kurihara, Noriko ^a   Sakamoto, Kiyohiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Takuto Rehab Ctr Disabled Children

Author keywords

CT; Leigh syndrome; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEIGH DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEIGH DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030267519     PISSN: 00480428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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