Pathophysiologic evaluation of MELAS strokes by serially quantified MRS and CASL perfusion images

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-149

  Tsujikawa, Tetsuya ^a   Yoneda, Makoto ^a   Shimizu, Yukio ^a   Uematsu, Hidemasa ^a   Toyooka, Mariko ^a   Ikawa, Masamichi ^a   Kudo, Takashi ^a   Okazawa, Hidehiko ^a   Kuriyama, Masaru ^a   Kimura, Hirohiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous arterial spin labeling (CASL); Lactate; MELAS; MR spectroscopy (MRS); Perfusion

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; CONVULSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPHASIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIGRAINE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIN LABELING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPIN LABELS; STROKE;

EID: 73649127658     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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