The prognostic role of magnetic resonance imaging and single-photon emission computed tomography in viral encephalitis

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 827-832

  Misra, U K ^a   Kalita, J ^a   Srivastav, A ^a   Pradhan, P K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Herpes; Japanese; Movement disorder; MRI; Outcome; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ETHYLENE; FOOD ADDITIVES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTONS; RESONANCE; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TOMOGRAPHY;

BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL DATA; CYSTEINE DIMER; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNO-SORBENT ASSAY; GAMMA CAMERAS; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX; HYPOPERFUSION; JAPANESE; MIDBRAIN; MOVEMENT DISORDER; MRI; OUTCOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECT;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 50149095415     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850802225901     Document Type: Article

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