Encephalopathy with isolated reversible splenial lesion of the corpus callosum

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1291-1294

  Yaguchi, Masamitsu ^a   Yaguchi, Hisa ^a   Itoh, Tetsuro ^a   Okamoto, Koichi ^b  

^a Shinoda General Hospital   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted image; Encephalopathy; Infection; MRI; Splenium of the corpus callosum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPLENIUM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALCOHOLISM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 31444440152     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.1291     Document Type: Article

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