Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities in Bartonella encephalopathy

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-82

  Singhal, Aneesh B ^a   Newstein, Michael C ^b   Budzik, Ronald ^a   Cha, Jang Ho ^a   Rordorf, Guy ^a   Buonanno, Ferdinando S ^a   Panzara, Michael A ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases ^*  (United States)

^c BIOGEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain biopsy; Cat; Diffusion MRI thalamus; Encephalitis; Scratch disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0037220110     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228402239722     Document Type: Article

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