Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of borderzone necrosis in paediatric tuberculous meningitis

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 563-570

  Omar, Nadir ^a   Andronikou, Savvas ^c   Van Toorn, Ronald ^b   Pienaar, Manana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

cytotoxic brain oedema; diffusion weighted MRI; encephalitis; meningitis; tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOPOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NECROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 82955173026     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2011.02311.x     Document Type: Article

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