Eclamptic encephalopathy: MRI, including diffusion-weighted images

Neuroradiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 981-985

  Watanabe, Y ^a   Mitomo, M ^a   Tokuda, Y ^a   Yoshida, K ^a   Choi, S ^a   Hosoki, T ^a   Ban, C ^a  

^a OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Eclampsia; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ECLAMPSIA; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036956798     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-002-0867-y     Document Type: Article

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