Pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage: A potential imaging pitfall associated with diffuse cerebral edema

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 254-256

  Given II, Curtis A ^a,b   Burdette, Jonathan H ^a   Elster, Allen D ^a   Williams III, Daniel W ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037323585     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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