Diffusion tensor imaging and mild traumatic brain injury in soldiers: Abnormal findings, uncertain implications

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1230-1232

  Silver, Jonathan M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CONCUSSION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EDITORIAL; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

EID: 84871838518     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12091230     Document Type: Editorial

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