Diffusion tensor MR imaging reveals persistent white matter alteration after traumatic brain injury experienced during early childhood

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1919-1925

  Yuan, W ^a   Holland, S K ^a   Schmithorst, V J ^a   Walz, N C ^a   Cecil, K M ^a   Jones, B V ^a   Karunanayaka, P ^a   Michaud, L ^a   Wade, Shari L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE;

EID: 36448979902     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0698     Document Type: Article

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