SPECT, CT, and MRI in head injury: Acute abnormalities followed up at six months

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 633-636

  Mitchener, Anne ^a   Wyper, David J ^a   Patterson, James ^a   Hadley, Donald M ^a   Wilson, J T Lindsay ^b   Scott, Lynette C ^b   Jones, Maggie ^a   Teasdale, Graham M ^a  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion; Computed tomography; Head injury; Magnetic resonance imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TIME;

EID: 0030928250     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.6.633     Document Type: Article

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