Spet brain perfusion imaging in mild traumatic brain injury without loss of consciousness and normal computed tomography

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 505-510

  Abu Judeh, H H ^a,d   El Zeftawy, H ^a   Atay, S ^a   Kumar, M ^a   Naddaf, S ^a   Abdel Dayem, H M ^a   Singh, M ^b   Parker, R ^c   Aleksic, S ^c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032732577     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199906000-00003     Document Type: Article

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