Relative cerebral blood volume is a measure of angiogenesis in brain tuberculoma

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-341

  Gupta, Rakesh K ^a   Haris, Mohammad ^a   Husain, Nuzhat ^b   Husain, Mazhar ^b   Prasad, Kashi N ^a   Pauliah, Mohan ^a   Srivastava, Chhitiz ^b   Tripathi, Mukesh ^a   Rastogi, Manu ^b   Behari, Sanjay ^a   Singh, Anup ^c   Rathore, Divya ^c   Rathore, Ram Kishore S ^c  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Brain; Microvascular density; Perfusion MRI; Tuberculoma; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD VOLUMES; CELLULARS; DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROVASCULAR; MICROVASCULAR DENSITY; PERFUSION INDICES; PERFUSION MRI; TUBERCULOMA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR;

BRAIN;

GADODIAMIDE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUBERCULOMA;

EID: 34249807593     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000243443.10739.16     Document Type: Article

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