Neuro-cysticercosis with Japanese encephalitis: Magnetic resonance imaging with diffusion and spectroscopy

Neurology India

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 232-234

  Pungavkar, Sona A ^a   Shah, Jeshil R ^a   Gadani, Samir ^a   Singhai, Alok ^a   Patkar, Deepak P ^a   Desai, Sanjay ^a  

^a DR BALABHAI NANAVATI HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Japanese encephalitis; MR diffusion studies; MR spectroscopy; MRI; Neuro cysticercosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 27744536701     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.16422     Document Type: Article

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