Cerebral diffusional changes in the early phase of anthrax: Is cutaneous anthrax only limited to skin?

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 354-358

  Karakas, Hakki Muammer ^a   Bayindir, Yasar ^b   Firat, Ahmet K ^a   Yagmur, Cengiz ^a   Alkan, Alpay ^a   Kayabas, Uner ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Brain parenchyma; Cutaneous anthrax; Diffusion weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARENCHYMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN INFECTION; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 33645931702     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.07.027     Document Type: Article

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