Primary granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system: Findings of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and fractional anisotropy in diffusion tensor imaging prior to surgery: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 873-877

  Beppu, Takaaki ^a   Inoue, Takashi ^a   Nishimoto, Hideaki ^a   Nakamura, Shinichi ^a   Nakazato, Yoichi ^b   Ogasawara, Kuniaki ^a   Ogawa, Akira ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; MIB 1; Primary granulomatous angiitis; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; FRACTIONATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; GRANULE CELL; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLINE; CREATININE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 35148888137     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/10/0873     Document Type: Article

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