Transient decrease in cerebral white matter diffusivity on MR imaging in human herpes virus-6 encephalopathy

Brain and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-33

  Akasaka, Manami ^a   Sasaki, Makoto ^a   Ehara, Shigeru ^a   Kamei, Atsushi ^a   Chida, Shoichi ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain disease; Diffusion weighted imaging; Encephalopathy; Human herpes virus 6; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GLIA CELL; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WHITE MATTER;

ATROPHY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 11144242850     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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