Magnetic resonance imaging findings in bilateral basal ganglia lesions

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 795-802

  Lim, C C Tchoyoson ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Metabolic disorders

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE;

BASAL GANGLION LESION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CITRULLINEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LEIGH DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PONS; REVIEW; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 70349680625     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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