The reversal sign

Radiology

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 914-915

  Kavanagh, Eoin C ^a,b  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36248949753     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2453050112     Document Type: Article

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