Brain study using magnetic resonance imaging and proton MR spectroscopy in pediatric onset systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-135

  Mortilla, M ^a   Ermini, M ^b   Nistri, M ^c   Dal Pozzo, G ^b   Falcini, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Trauma Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHOREA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSYCHOSIS; RELAPSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; BRAIN; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037288254     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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