Differential diagnosis of restricted diffusion confined to the cerebral cortex

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1245-1253

  Sheerin, F ^a,b   Pretorius, P M ^b   Briley, D ^b   Meagher, T ^a  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN VEIN; CORTICAL DIFFUSION RESTRICTION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DRUG DIFFUSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STROKE; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN INFARCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KEARNS-SAYER SYNDROME; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 53049097141     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.12.018     Document Type: Review

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