Evaluation of possible prognostic factors of fulminant acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) on magnetic resonance imaging with fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) and diffusion-weighted imaging

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 334-339

  Donmez, F Y ^a   Aslan, H ^a   Coskun, M ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; DWI; FLAIR; MRI

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAINSTEM; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL RECORDS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYTOTOXIC; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DWI; FLAIR; FLUID-ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERIES; MRI; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; PROGRESSIVE DISEASE; RADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS;

EYE PROTECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64149097543     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850902736617     Document Type: Article

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