Toxic and acquired metabolic encephalopathies: MRI appearance

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 879-886

  Sharma, Pranshu ^a   Eesa, Muneer ^a   Scott, James N ^a  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coma; Encephalopathy; Metabolic disease; MRI

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; METHANOL; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TOXICITY; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; COCAINE; CYCLOSPORINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHANOL; METRONIDAZOLE; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE;

EID: 69949108795     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2257     Document Type: Article

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