Volume of focal brain lesions and hippocampal formation in relation to memory function after closed head injury in children

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 210-216

  Di Stefano, Giuseppe ^a   Bachevalier, Jocelyne ^b   Levin, Harvey S ^a   Song, James X ^a   Scheibel, Randall S ^a   Fletcher, Jack M ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe; Head injury; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Verbal learning and memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD INJURY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0033926470     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.69.2.210     Document Type: Article

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