Usefulness of various MRI sequences in the diagnosis of viral encephalitis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 206-211

  Misra, U K ^a   Kalita, J ^a   Phadke, R V ^a   Wadwekar, V ^a   Boruah, D K ^a   Srivastava, A ^a   Maurya, P K ^a   Bhattacharyya, A ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

DWI; Encephalitis; FLAIR; Japanese; MRI; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ENCEPHALITIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; VIRAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; ECHO VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; POLIOVIRUS;

EID: 77957751707     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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