Diffusion-weighted imaging in diagnosing neurological disorders in children: A pediatric neurologist's perspective

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 734-738

  Benedict, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CREATINE; GUANIDINOACETATE METHYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFANT DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 34547093848     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0505-2     Document Type: Article

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