Early diffusion MR imaging findings and short-term outcome in comatose patients with hypoglycemia

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 904-909

  Johkura, Ken ^a   Nakae, Y ^a   Kudo, Y ^b   Yoshida, T N ^b   Kuroiwa, Y ^b  

^a Hiratsuka Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMATOSE PATIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

BRAIN; COMA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861111959     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2903     Document Type: Article

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