Neuropathological investigation of cerebral white matter lesions caused by closed head injury

Neuropathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 243-251

  Onaya, Mitsumoto ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization Shimofusa Psychiatric Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal retraction ball; Brain swelling; Diffuse axonal injury; Diffuse brain injury; Head injury

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; AXONS; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036966886     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.2002.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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