Reversible focal splenial lesions

Neuroradiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 541-544

  Gallucci, Massimo ^a   Limbucci, Nicola ^a   Paonessa, Amalia ^b   Caranci, Ferdinando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Loreto Nuovo   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

CNS; Corpus callosum; Metabolic diseases; Toxic diseases

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EXCITOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

BRAIN DISEASES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMANS;

EID: 34447092905     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-007-0235-z     Document Type: Review

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