Diffusion-weighted imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient evaluation of herpes simplex encephalitis and Japanese encephalitis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 221-226

  Sawlani, Vijay ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted imaging; Herpes encephalitis; Japanese encephalitis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISIBILITY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 70350617792     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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