Mechanism of injury to the corpus callosum, with particular reference to the anatomical relationship between site of injury and adjacent brain structures

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Shiramizu, Hideki ^a   Masuko, Akihiko ^a   Ishizaka, Hideo ^a   Shibata, Masayoshi ^a   Atsumi, Hideki ^a   Imai, Masaaki ^a   Osada, Takahiro ^a   Mizokami, Yoshihito ^a   Baba, Tanefumi ^a   Matsumae, Mitsunori ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum injury; Diffuse brain injury; Head injury; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 38749086761     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.48.1     Document Type: Article

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