Early changes measured by magnetic resonance imaging in cerebral blood flow, blood volume, and blood-brain barrier permeability following dexamethasone treatment in patients with brain tumors

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 300-305

  ØStergaard, Leif ^a   Hochberg, Fred H ^b   Rabinov, James D ^b   Sorensen, A Gregory ^b   Lev, Michael ^b   Kim, Lyndon ^b   Weisskoff, Robert M ^b   Gonzalez, R Gilberto ^b   Gyldensted, Carsten ^b   Rosen, Bruce R ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood tumor barrier permeability; Brain tumor; Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral blood volume; Dexamethasone; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0032950722     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.2.0300     Document Type: Article

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