Single-voxel MR spectroscopy and diffusion-weighted MRI in two patients with L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 872-876

  Aydin, Kubilay ^a   Ozmen, Meral ^a   Tatli, Burak ^a   Sencer, Serra ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion weighted MR; L 2 Hydroxyglutaric aciduria; Metabolic disorder; MRI; MRS

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; WATER;

ACIDURIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONVULSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYSMETRIA; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SIBLING; TREMOR; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; CHILD; GLUTARATES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE;

EID: 0348156841     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-1029-z     Document Type: Article

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