Acquired Cerebral Hemiatrophy: Idiopathic?

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-191

  Kumar, Neeraj ^a,b   Lindell, Edward P ^a   Port, John D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemiatrophy; Multi modality imaging; Rassmusen's encephalitis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATROPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; HYDRANENCEPHALY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 1642312506     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228403262709     Document Type: Article

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