Toxic aluminic encephalopathy : Limbic system involvement on MRI;Encéphalopathie toxique à l'aluminium: Atteinte prédominante du système limbique en IRM

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 168-172

  Leveque C ^a   Soulie D ^a   Sarrazin, J L ^a   Hor, F ^a   Desgeorges, M ^a   Cordoliani, Y S ^a  

^a University of Paris Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

Aluminium toxicity; Encephalitis; Limbic system; M.R.I.

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM SILICATE; BIOMATERIAL; BONE CEMENT; GLASS IONOMER; IONOCEM; LIPOFUSCIN; DEFEROXAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PETROUS BONE; SEIZURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; ADULT; BRAIN TOXICITY; COCHLEAR NERVE; NEURILEMOMA;

AGED; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM SILICATES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE CEMENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LIPOFUSCIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PETROUS BONE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0030467674     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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