In vivo proton MR spectroscopy evaluation of pyogenic brain abscesses: A report of 194 cases

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 360-366

  Pal, D ^a   Bhattacharyya, A ^a   Husain, M ^b   Prasad, K N ^a   Pandey, C M ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID; LACTIC ACID; LIPID; MARKER; SUCCINIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; PROTONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPURATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749089623     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1835     Document Type: Article

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