The value of morphological neuroimaging after acute exposure to toxic substances

Toxicological Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-98

  Hantson, Philippe ^a   Duprez, Thierry ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COCAINE; CYANIDE; DIAMORPHINE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; INSULIN; METHANOL; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CYANIDES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; POISONING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748605850     PISSN: 11762551     EISSN: 11762551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00139709-200625020-00003     Document Type: Review

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