MRI, volumetry, 1H spectroscopy, and cerebropetal blood flowmetry in childhood idiopathic anatomic megalencephaly

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 282-287

  Koudijs, Suzanne M ^a,b   Van Der Grond, Jeroen ^a   Hoogendoorn, Mechteld L C ^a   Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^a   Schnack, Hugo G ^a   Witkamp, Theo D ^a   Gooskens, Rob H J M ^a   Van Nieuwenhuizen, Onno ^a   Braun, Kees P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anatomic megalencephaly; Flowmetry; MRI; MRS; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N-ACETYLASPARTATE;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ANATOMIC MEGALENCEPHALY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBROPETAL BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GRAY MATTER; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SKULL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VOLUMETRY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ASPARTIC ACID; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33746872524     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20628     Document Type: Article

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