Unilateral putaminal CT, MR, and diffusion abnormalities secondary to nonketotic hyperglycemia in the setting of acute neurologic symptoms mimicking stroke

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 975-976

  Wintermark, Max ^a,b   Fischbein, Nancy J ^a   Mukherjee, Pratik ^a   Yuh, Esther L ^a   Dillon, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCINEMIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUTAMEN; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STROKE;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOREA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCINEMIA, NONKETOTIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PUTAMEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2942673019     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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