Spontaneous remission of a diffuse brainstem lesion in a neonate

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-402

  Schomerus, Leena ^a   Merkenschlager, Andreas ^a   Kahn, Thomas ^a   Hirsch, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Glioma; MRI; Neonate; Pons; Spontaneous remission

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BREATH HOLDING; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYANOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEIZURE;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; PONS;

EID: 33847777743     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0424-2     Document Type: Article

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