Serial MR imaging and 1H-MR spectroscopy of unidentified bright objects in a case of neurofibromatosis type 1

Brain and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 595-597

  Imamura, Atsushi ^a   Matsuo, Naoki ^a   Okuda, Miho ^a   Morita, Hideyuki ^a   Iwata, Masako ^a,b   Yamazaki, Yoshihisa ^a,c   Takahashi, Yukitoshi ^a,d  

^a GIFU PREFECTURAL GIFU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Tajimi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c AICHI CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choline; Lactate; MR image; MR spectroscopy; N acetylaspartate; Neurofibromatosis; Unidentified bright objects

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATININE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN; CHILD; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; SEIZURES;

EID: 27944502452     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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