Brain imaging in normal kids: A community-based MRI study in Malawian children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 398-402

  Potchen, M J ^a   Kampondeni, S D ^b   Mallewa, M ^c   Taylor, T E ^c,d   Birbeck, G L ^e  

^a St John Hospital and Medical Center   (United States)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e East Lansing   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal brain MRI; Developmental delay; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; IMAGING METHOD; MALNUTRITION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; NEUROLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SINUSITIS; WHITE MATTER LESION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALAWI; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SINUSITIS;

MALAWI;

EID: 84875260641     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12064     Document Type: Article

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