Microstructural brain injury in post-concussion syndrome after minor head injury

Neuroradiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 553-563

  Smits, Marion ^a   Houston, Gavin C ^b   Dippel, Diederik W J ^a   Wielopolski, Piotr A ^a   Vernooij, Meike W ^a   Koudstaal, Peter J ^a   Hunink, M G Myriam ^a,c   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition disorder; Craniocerebral trauma; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Post concussion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961167223     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0774-6     Document Type: Article

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