The evaluation of Wallerian degeneration in chronic paediatric middle cerebral artery infarction using diffusion tensor MR imaging

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 240-247

  Khong, Pek Lan ^a   Zhou, Lin Jiang ^a   Ooi, Gaik Cheng ^a   Chung, Brian H Y ^a   Cheung, Raymond T F ^a   Wong, Virginia C N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging; Neuromotor outcome; Paediatric infarction; Stroke; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOTONEURON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMETER; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANK SUM TEST; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOVEMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARESIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 4644261145     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079961     Document Type: Article

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