Aberrant midsagittal fiber tracts in patients with hemimegalencephaly

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 823-827

  Sato, Noriko ^a   Ota, M ^a   Yagishita, A ^b   Miki, Y ^c   Takahashi, T ^a   Adachi, Y ^a   Nakata, Y ^d   Sugai, K ^a   Sasaki, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 42449088039     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0919     Document Type: Article

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