Leukoencephalopathy with patchy lesions, temporal cystic degeneration, and normal head size

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-91

  Sener, R N ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diffusion MRI; FLAIR; Leukoencephalopathy; Normal head size

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

PATCHY LESIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0037262198     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(02)00054-X     Document Type: Article

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