Radiological and pathological changes in hemiballism-hemichorea with striatal hyperintensity

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 564-568

  Nath, Jaya ^a   Jambhekar, Kedar ^a   Rao, Chandrakanth ^a   Armitano, Erik ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Hemiballism; Hemichorea; Hyperglycemia; T1 hyperintensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HEMIBALLISM; HEMICHOREA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHOREA; DYSKINESIAS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

EID: 33645699524     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20548     Document Type: Article

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