Diffusion-weighted imaging abnormalities in the corpus callosum after neonatal seizure: A case report

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-217

  Kubota, Tetsuo ^a   Kidokoro, Hiroyuki ^a   Ito, Miharu ^a   Oe, Hideyuki ^a   Hattori, Tetsuo ^a   Kato, Yuichi ^a   Ogawa, Okimasa ^a   Natsume, Jun ^b   Okumura, Akihisa ^c  

^a ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Diffusion weighted imaging; Neonatal seizure

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOMATISM; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39149118948     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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