Acute Marchiafava-Bignami disease: Diffusion-weighted MRI in cortical and callosal involvement

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 321-324

  Ihn, Yon Kwon ^a   Hwang, Seong Su ^a   Park, Young Ha ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Magnetic resonance (MR); Marchiafava Bignami disease

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MARCHIAFAVA BIGNAMI DISEASE; MOTOR COORDINATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34248139627     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.2.321     Document Type: Article

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