Unexplained mental retardation: Is brain MRI useful?

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 587-596

  Decobert, Fabrice ^a   Grabar, Sophie ^c   Merzoug, Valerie ^a   Kalifa, Gabriel ^a   Ponsot, Gérard ^a   Adamsbaum, Catherine ^a   des Portes, Vincent ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

^c Cochin Hospital ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Brain; Children; Mental retardation; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 19444377987     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-005-1406-x     Document Type: Article

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