Bilateral striatal hyperintensities on diffusion weighted MRI in acute methanol poisoning [1]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Peters, A S ^a   Schwarze, B ^a   Tomandl, B ^a   Probst Cousin, S ^a   Lang, C J G ^a   Hilz, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain death; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Methanol; Poisoning; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FOLIC ACID; METHANOL;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MALE; METHANOL POISONING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

ADULT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; METHANOL;

EID: 34548137640     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01614.x     Document Type: Letter

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