Diffusion MR imaging of hypoglycemic encephalopathy

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 559-564

  Kang, E G ^a   Jeon, Se Jeong ^a   Choi, S S ^a   Song, C J ^b   Yu, I K ^c  

^a Wonkwang University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Eulji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949510035     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1856     Document Type: Article

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