Emergent neuroimaging of intracranial infection/inflammation

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-62

  Mullins, Mark E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS; CT; Infection; Inflammation; Intracranial; MR imaging; Review

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYCOSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PARASITIC INFECTIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649419891     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2010.08.002     Document Type: Review

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