Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: Relationship between clinical stage and diffusion-weighted imaging findings

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-272

  Alkan, Alpay ^a,b   Korkmaz, Levent ^a   Sigirci, Ahmet ^a   Kutlu, Ramazan ^a   Yakinci, Cengiz ^a   Erdem, Gulnur ^a   Yologlu, Saim ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI; Stage; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAGING; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ATROPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 33644842174     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20518     Document Type: Article

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