Airp best cases in radiologic-pathologic correlation: Cerebral fat embolism syndrome in sickle cellβ-thalassemia

Radiographics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1301-1306

  Gibbs, Wende N ^a   Opatowsky, Michael J ^a   Burton, Elizabeth C ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866242338     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.325115055     Document Type: Article

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