The DWI 'reversal sign' of white matter hypoxic ischaemic injury in older children: An unusual MRI pattern for age

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-298

  Andronikou, Savvas ^a   Van Toorn, Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brain; Children; Diffusion weighted MRI; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; WHITE MATTER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT; MALE; NEAR DROWNING;

EID: 59449109984     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-1095-3     Document Type: Article

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