Clinical significance of dilated Virchow-Robin spaces in mild traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-21

  Inglese, Matilde ^a   Grossman, Robert I ^a   Diller, Leonard ^a   Babb, James S ^a   Gonen, Oded ^a   Silver, Jonathan M A ^b   Rusinek, Henry ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI); Neuropsychological testing; Virchow Robin spaces (VRS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 31344470092     PISSN: 0883041X     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050500309593     Document Type: Article

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