Cerebral malaria: A new way forward with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 545-547

  Looareesuwan, Sornchai ^c   Laothamatas, Jiraporn ^a   Brown, Truman R ^b   Brittenham, Gary M ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Hatch Magnetic Resonance Research Center ^*  (United States)

^c Children's Hospital of New York ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MALARIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALARIA, CEREBRAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 70349739436     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.07-0411     Document Type: Review

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