Assessment with magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in Lhermitte-Duclos disease

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 338-342

  Wu, Chen Hao ^a   Chai, Jyh Wen ^a,b,c,d   Lee, Chen Hui ^a   Chen, Wen Hsien ^a,b   Lee, Tan ^a   Chen, Clayton Chi Cheng ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Lhermitte Duclos disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; HEMISPHERE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LHERMITTE DUCLOS DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 33746878175     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70270-9     Document Type: Article

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