Unilateral hyperperfusion in brain-perfusion SPECT predicts poor prognosis in acute encephalitis

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1347-1351

  Launes, Jyrki ^a,b   Siren J ^a   Valanne, L ^a   Salonen, O ^a   Nikkinen, P ^a   Seppalainen A M ^a   Liewendahl, K ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Dept of Neurology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN PERFUSION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCINTISCANNING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030610519     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.5.1347     Document Type: Article

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