Kernohan's notch phenomenon demonstrated by diffusion tensor imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1295-1297

  Yoo, W K ^a   Kim, D S ^b   Kwon, Y H ^c   Jang, S H ^d  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^d Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HERNIA; HUMAN; KERNOHANS NOTCH PHENOMENON; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LEUKOMALACIA; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENCEPHALOCELE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENCEPHALOCELE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 55249102699     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.138131     Document Type: Article

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