Marchiafava-Bignami-like injury of the corpus callosum in an infant

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 328-331

  Toelle, Sandra P ^a   Huisman, T A G M ^a   Martin, E ^a   Boltshauser, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Magnetic resonance imaging; Marchiafava Bignami disease; Splenium

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MARCHIAFAVA BIGNAMI DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CORPUS CALLOSUM; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27144480736     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872814     Document Type: Article

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