Metabolic alterations: A biomarker for radiation induced normal brain injury-an MR spectroscopy study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-297

  Sundgren, P C ^a   Nagesh, V ^a   Elias, A ^a   Tsien, C ^a   Junck, L ^a   Hassan, D M Gomez ^a   Lawrence, T S ^a   Chenevert, T L ^a   Rogers, L ^a   McKeever, P ^a   Cao, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Irradiation; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Normal brain

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 60549094817     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21657     Document Type: Article

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