Cerebral fat embolism syndrome in sickle cell anaemia/β-thalassemia: Importance of susceptibility-weighted MRI

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1023-1026

  Mossa Basha, M ^a   Izbudak, I ^a   Gurda, G T ^b   Aygun, N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; FAT EMBOLISM; HUMAN; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; EMBOLISM, FAT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 84865759269     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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