Imaging in childhood arterial ischaemic stroke

Neuroradiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 577-589

  Jones, Brynmor P ^a   Ganesan, Vijya ^a,b   Saunders, Dawn E ^a   KlingChong, W ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial ischaemic stroke; Arteriopathy; Childhood stroke; MR imaging; Paediatric; Stroke

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTERY DISSECTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THROMBOPHILIA; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953231622     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0704-7     Document Type: Review

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