Strengthening the argument for rapid brain MR imaging: Estimation of reduction in lifetime attributable risk of developing fatal cancer in children with shunted hydrocephalus by instituting a rapid brain MR imaging protocol in lieu of head CT

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1851-1854

  Koral, Korgün ^a,b   Blackburn, T ^a   Bailey, A A ^a   Koral, K M ^c   Anderson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEXAS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870881768     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3076     Document Type: Article

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