Diffusion-weighted imaging in Sydenham's chorea

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-130

  Gumus, Hakan ^a   Gumus, Gulsum ^b   Per, Huseyin ^a   Yikilmaz, Ali ^a   Canpolat, Mehmet ^a   Poyrazoglu, Gamze ^a   Narin, Nazmi ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kayseri Educational and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Caudate nucleus; Childhood; Sydenham's chorea

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CHOREA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872307029     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1898-2     Document Type: Article

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