Differences of clinical manifestations according to the patterns of brain lesions in acute encephalopathy with reduced diffusion in the bilateral hemispheres

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 825-830

  Okumura, A ^a,b   Kidokoro, H ^c   Tsuji, T ^d   Suzuki, M ^d   Kubota, T ^c   Kato, T ^d   Komatsu, M ^b   Shono, T ^b   Hayakawa, F ^d   Shimizu, T ^a   Morishima, T ^e  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Urayasu Ichikawa Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Okazaki City Hospital   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 64549111726     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1431     Document Type: Article

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