Prevalence of cerebral microhemorrhages in amateur boxers as detected by 3T MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 388-391

  Hähnel, Stefan ^a   Stippich, C ^a   Weber, I ^a   Darm, H ^a   Schill, T ^a   Jost, J ^b   Friedmann, B ^a   Heiland, S ^a   Blatow, M ^a   Meyding Lamade U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b National Training Center for Boxing   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BOXING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BOXING; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMORBIDITY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39649090324     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0799     Document Type: Article

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