Diffusion weighted MR findings of brain involvement in tuberous sclerosis

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 57-60

  Firat, Ahmet Kemal ^a   Karakaş, Hakki Muammer ^a   Erdem, Gülnur ^a   Yakinci, Cengiz ^a   Biçak, Uǧur ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 33745031064     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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