Magnetic resonance spectroscopy features of normal-appearing white matter in patients with acute brucellosis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 417-420

  Kayabas, Uner ^a   Alkan, Alpay ^a   Firat, Ahmet Kemal ^a   Karakas, Hakki Muammer ^a   Bayindir, Yasar ^a   Yetkin, Funda ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Brucellosis; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

BRUCELLOSIS; NORMAL-APPEARING PARIETAL WHITE MATTER (NAPWM);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN DISEASES; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLINE; CONTRAST MEDIA; CREATINE; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 39649122878     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.08.034     Document Type: Article

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