Brain Water Content: A Misunderstood Measurement?

Translational Stroke Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-265

  Keep, Richard F ^a,b   Hua, Ya ^a   Xi, Guohua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Cerebral hemorrhage; Cerebral ischemia; Swelling; Water content

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN WATER; DRY WEIGHT; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SWELLING; WATER CONTENT; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84861660006     PISSN: 18684483     EISSN: 1868601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12975-012-0152-2     Document Type: Article

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