Acute necrotizing encephalopathy: Diffusion MR imaging and localized proton MR spectroscopic findings in two infants

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-65

  Goo, Hyun Woo ^a   Choi, Choong Gon ^a   Yoon, Chong Hyun ^a   Ko, Tae Sung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain, diffusion; Brain, MR; Infants, central nervous system; Magnetic resonance (MR), spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; LIPID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THALAMUS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE;

EID: 0037485837     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2003.4.1.61     Document Type: Article

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