Evidence for cellular damage in normal-appearing white matter correlates with injury severity in patients following traumatic brain injury. A magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

Brain

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1403-1409

  Garnett, Matthew R ^a,b,c   Blamire, Andrew M ^a   Rajagopalan, Bheeshma ^a   Styles, Peter ^a   Cadoux Hudson, Thomas A D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choline; Injury severity; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; N acetylaspartate; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033920061     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.7.1403     Document Type: Article

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