Diffusion-weighted imaging for the differential diagnosis of disorders affecting the hippocampus

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 104-115

  Forster A ^a   Griebe, M ^a   Gass, A ^a   Kern, R ^a   Hennerici, M G ^a   Szabo, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Encephalitis; Hippocampus; Seizure; Stroke; Transient global amnesia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BRAIN ISCHEMIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPILEPTIC STATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; THALAMUS; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; UNCUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 83455230871     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332036     Document Type: Review

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