1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy correlates with injury severity and can predict coma duration in patients following severe traumatic brain injury

Neurology India

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 679-684

  Du, Yanli ^a,b   Li, Yu ^b   Lan, Qing ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Inner Mongolia Forestry General Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Choline; creatinine; lactic acid spectroscopy; N acetylaspartate; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N-ACETYLASPARTATE; PROTON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHOLINE; COMA; CREATINE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTONS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155135287     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.86540     Document Type: Article

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