Acute brain MRI findings in 120 Malawian children with cerebral malaria: New insights into an ancient disease

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1740-1746

  Potchen, M J ^a   Kampondeni, S D ^a,d   Seydel, K B ^b,d   Birbeck, Gretchen L ^c   Hammond, C A ^a   Bradley, W G ^e   DeMarco, J K ^a   Glover, S J ^d   Ugorji, J O ^f   Latourette, M T ^a   Siebert, J E ^a   Molyneux, M E ^d,g   Taylor, T E ^b,d  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c East Lansing   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Henry Ford Macomb Hospital   (United States)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RETINOPATHY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALAWI; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867815397     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3035     Document Type: Article

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