Cranial magnetic resonance imaging findings in kwashiorkor

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-27

  Atalabi, Omolola Mojisola ^a   Lagunju, Ikeoluwa Abiola ^a   Tongo, Olukemi Oluwatoyin ^a   Akinyinka, Olusegun Olusina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Protein energy malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; MYELINATION; NIGERIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

ATROPHY; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NIGERIA;

EID: 76749136306     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207450903315727     Document Type: Article

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