Diffusion-weighted imaging discriminates between cytotoxic and vasogenic edema in a patient with eclampsia

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1082-1085

  Schaefer, Pamela W ^a   Buonanno, Ferdinand S ^a   Gonzalez, R Gilberto ^a   Schwamm, Lee H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

brain edema; eclampsia; hypertension; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030948945     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.5.1082     Document Type: Article

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