Brain Abscesses: Etiologic Categorization with in Vivo Proton MR Spectroscopy

Radiology

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 519-527

  Garg, Monika ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a   Husain, Mazhar ^b   Chawla, Sanjeev ^a   Chawla, Jayant ^b   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Rao, Sajja B ^c   Misra, Mithlesh K ^d   Prasad, Kashi N ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Brain, abscess; Brain, infection; Brain, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; LACTIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACETATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUCCINIC ACID;

EID: 1642580591     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2302021317     Document Type: Article

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