Diffusion tensor imaging: A biomarker for mild traumatic brain injury?

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 626-627

  Bigler, Erin D ^a,b,c   Bazarian, Jeffrey J ^d  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN;

ANISOTROPY; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIZZINESS; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 77649147164     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181d3e43a     Document Type: Editorial

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