Differential diagnosis of cerebral hemispheric pathology: Multimodal approach

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 53-63

  Moritani, T ^a   Smoker, W R K ^a   Lee, H K ^a   Sato, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral pathology; Hemiplegia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EPILEPTIC STATE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOSIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MICROGYRIA; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; REVIEW; SCHIZENCEPHALY; SEIZURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME;

ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBRUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FACIAL HEMIATROPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; PARESIS; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 80054940942     PISSN: 09397116     EISSN: 16156706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-011-0072-7     Document Type: Review

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