Usefulness of addition of CT perfusion to CT angiography for brain death diagnosis in a child

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 189-192

  Pellon R ^a   De Lucas, E M D ^a   Fernandez C G ^a   Florez A F ^a   Piedra, T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

brain death; child; CT angiography; CT perfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC PERFUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649234691     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1267209     Document Type: Article

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