MRI brain lesion patterns in patients in anoxia-induced vegetative state

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 65-70

  Ammermann, Heidi ^a   Kassubek, Jan ^b   Lotze, Martin ^c   Gut, Ernst ^d   Kaps, Michael ^d   Schmidt, Joachim ^d   Rodden, Frank A ^a   Grodd, Wolfgang ^a  

^a the CNS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Schmieder Rehabilitation Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Vegetative state; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANCHOS LOS AMIGOS COGNITIVE SCALE; RATING SCALE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34547652373     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.03.026     Document Type: Article

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