Evidence from proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy for a metabolic cascade of neuronal damage in shaken baby syndrome

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-14

  Haseler, Luke J ^a   Arcinue, Edgardo ^c   Danielsen, Else R ^a,b   Bluml, Stefan ^a,d   Ross, Brian D ^a,b  

^a HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance spectroscopy; neuronal injury; shaken baby syndrome; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TIME; WHITE MATTER;

BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEURONS;

EID: 0030992084     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.1.4     Document Type: Article

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