Longitudinal study of the diffusion tensor imaging properties of the corpus callosum in acute and chronic diffuse axonal injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 370-378

  Ljungqvist, Johan ^a   Nilsson, Daniel ^a   Ljungberg, Maria ^b   Sörbo, Ann ^c   Esbjörnsson, Eva ^b   Eriksson Ritzén, Catherine ^a   Skoglund, Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UDDEVALLA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

axonal injury; MRI; outcome measures; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE SCREEN FOR HIGHER CEREBRAL FUNCTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY;

EID: 79952180953     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2011.558038     Document Type: Article

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