MRI for the management of neonatal cerebral infarctions: Importance of timing

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 742-748

  Küker, Wilhelm ^a,b   Mohrle S ^a   Mader, I ^a   Schoning M ^a   Nagele T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; MRI; Neonatal infarction; Treatment

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 5744220105     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-0988-1     Document Type: Article

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