MRI-based brain volumetry in chronic whiplash patients: No evidence for traumatic brain injury

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-54

  Sturzenegger, M ^a   Radanov, B P ^b,f   Winter, P ^c   Simko, M ^d   Farra, A D ^e   Di Stefano, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Klinik Wilhelm Schulthess   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Lindenhof Spital ^*  (Switzerland)

^e Klinik Bethesda   (Switzerland)

^f Pain Management and Center for Medico Legal Affairs   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive complaints; Mild traumatic brain injury; VBR; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 37249031015     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00939.x     Document Type: Article

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