Magnetic resonance imaging of brain lesions of a patient with hemolytic uremic syndrome following Escherichia coli O157 infection

Pediatrics International

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 302-305

  Yasuhara, Akihiro ^a   Araki, Atsushi ^b   Ochi, Ayako ^b   Kobayashi, Yohnosuke ^b  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child; Escherichia coli O157 infection; Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging; Verotoxin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; JAPAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I;

EID: 0034119988     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2000.01209.x     Document Type: Article

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