MR diffusion imaging and 1H spectroscopy in a child with medulloblastoma: A case report

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-42

  Wilke, Marko ^a   Eidenschink, A ^b   Muller Weihrich S ^b   Auer, D P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Medulloblastoma, taurine; Tissue characterisation, MR spectroscopy, MR diffusion

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N-ACETYLASPARTATE; TAURINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ASPARTIC ACID; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; TAURINE;

EID: 0035220039     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0455.2001.042001039.x     Document Type: Article

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