Intracranial incidental findings on brain MR images in a pediatric neurology practice: A retrospective study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 34-37

  Gupta, Surya N ^a   Belay, Brook ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial incidental findings; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatric neurology practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SYRINX; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIPOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACHYGYRIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 36549049782     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.06.055     Document Type: Article

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