Diffusion MRI abnormalities in pediatric neurological disorders

Brain and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-242

  Utsunomiya, Hidetsuna ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Developing brain; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging; Neuroplasticity; Pediatric neurological disorders

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; REVIEW; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

ACROCALLOSAL SYNDROME; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 79251628267     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.08.015     Document Type: Review

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