Assessment of paramedian thalamic infarcts: MR imaging, clinical features and prognosis

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1615-1626

  Weidauer, Stefan ^a   Nichtweiß, Michael ^b   Zanella, Friedhelm E ^a   Lanfermann, Heinrich ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Municipal Hospital of Wismar   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Paramedian; Prognosis; Thalamic infarcts; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTERY LESION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GAZE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; THALAMIC DISEASES;

EID: 4544371810     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2303-7     Document Type: Article

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