Bilateral basal ganglia and unilateral cortical involvement in a diabetic uremic patient

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 477-479

  Yoon, Chang Hyo ^a   Seok, Jung Im ^a   Lee, Dong Kuck ^a   An, Gee Sung ^a  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Diabetes; Uremic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DROWSINESS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; UREMIA; UREMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY;

BASAL GANGLIA; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; UREMIA;

EID: 67349167404     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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