Reversible hyperintense T2 MRI lesions of basal ganglia after an electrical injury

Burns

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 607-608

  Şahiner, Türker ^a   Kurt, Tülay ^a   Bir, L Sinan ^a   Oǧuzhanoǧlu, Atilla ^a   Akalin, Oktay ^a   Çeliker, Arif ^a   Özdemir, Fatma ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHOREOATHETOSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FOOT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HAND; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; BASAL GANGLIA; ELECTRIC INJURIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0036768545     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(02)00054-2     Document Type: Article

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