Transient encephalopathy with reversible white matter lesions: A case report

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 434-436

  Yokoyama, Atsushi ^a,b   Saito, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Kato, Fumihide ^a   Asai, Koichi ^a   Maegaki, Yoshihiro ^b   Ohno, Kousaku ^b  

^a SHIMANE PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute encephalopathy; Children; White matter diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 42649089778     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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