Proton MR spectroscopy of the foramen of Monro region in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 2 B, 2008, Pages 303-307

  De Carvalho Neto, Arnolfo ^a,c   Bruck, Isac ^a   Antoniuk, Sérgio A ^a   Marchiori, Edson ^b   Gasparetto, Emerson L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Proton spectroscopy; Tuberous sclerosis complex

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORAMEN OF MONRO; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SKULL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 47749100850     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000300003     Document Type: Article

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