Signal change of the substantia nigra on diffusion-weighted imaging following striatal infarction

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-68

  Nakajima, Makoto ^a   Hirano, Teruyuki ^b   Terasaki, Tadashi ^c   Uchino, Makoto ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Embolism; Secondary degeneration; Striatal infarction; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RECANALIZATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; STROKE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; STROKE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 74549213830     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.2694     Document Type: Article

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