Early Characteristics of Sturge-Weber Syndrome Shown by Perfusion MR Imaging and Proton MR Spectroscopic Imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1912-1915

  Lin, Doris D M ^a   Barker, Peter B ^a   Kraut, Michael A ^a   Comi, Anne ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHOLINE; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME;

EID: 0142072523     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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