Lasting cytotoxic edema as an indicator of irreversible brain damage: A case of neonatal stroke

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1636-1638

  Rumpel, Helmut ^a   Ferrini, Barbara ^a   Martin, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; STROKE;

BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0032470852     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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