Genu of corpus callosum as a prognostic factor in diffuse axonal injury: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1019-1024

  Matsukawa, Hidetoshi ^a   Shinoda, Masaki ^a   Fujii, Motoharu ^a   Takahashi, Osamu ^a   Yamamoto, Daisuke ^a   Murakata, Atsushi ^a   Ishikawa, Ryoichi ^a  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Diffuse axonal injury; Genu of corpus callosum; Outcome; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENU OF CORPUS CALLOSUM; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80655147990     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.6.JNS11513     Document Type: Article

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