Short communication: Diffuse changes in cortical thickness in pediatric moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1343-1345

  Merkley, Tricia L ^a   Bigler, Erin D ^a,b   Wilde, Elisabeth A ^c   McCauley, Stephen R ^c   Hunter, Jill V ^c,d   Levin, Harvey S ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; Neural injury; Other tools of modern imaging; Pediatric brain injury; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; THICKNESS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE;

EID: 57349193509     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0615     Document Type: Article

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