Diagnostic confirmation of mild traumatic brain injury by diffusion tensor imaging: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Krishna, Ranga ^a   Grinn, Michael ^a   Giordano, Nicholas ^a   Thirunavukkarasu, Magesh ^a   Tadi, Prasanna ^a   Das, Shibani ^a  

^a Medical Clinic of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSULTATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GLIOSIS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 84863397328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-6-66     Document Type: Article

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