Detection of focal cerebral injury using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging in a boy with becker muscular dystrophy

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 298-300

  Rha, D W ^a   Park, E S ^a   Kim, J ^a   Kim, S H ^a   Chang, W H ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Becker muscular dystrophy; cerebral palsy; diffusion tensor imaging

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; INFANT; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE;

EID: 77954787300     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1252050     Document Type: Article

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