Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy: Comparison of conventional MR imaging with diffusion-weighted and diffusion tensor imaging: Case report

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 813-816

  Majoie, Charles B ^a   Akkerman, Erik M ^a   Blank, Christian ^a   Barth, Peter G ^a   Poll The, Bwee Tien ^a   Den Heeten, G J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

ANISOTROPY; ASPARTIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTATES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0036097810     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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