Low signal intensity and increased anisotropy on magnetic resonance imaging in the white matter lesion after head trauma: Unrecognized findings of diffuse axonal injury

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 218-222

  Okanishi, Tohru ^a   Saito, Yoshiaki ^a   Fujii, Shinya ^a   Maegaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Fukuda, Chisako ^b   Tomita, Yutaka ^b   Ohno, Kousaku ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tottori University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffuse axonal injury; Fractional anisotropy; Free radicals; Giant potential; Head trauma; Low signal intensity; MRI; SSEP

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; PHENOBARBITAL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DELIRIUM; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHITE MATTER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANISOTROPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROGLIA; REACTION TIME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35648996506     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.06.048     Document Type: Article

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