White matter hyperintensities on MRI in high-altitude U-2 pilots

Neurology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 729-735

  McGuire, Stephen ^a,c,e   Sherman, Paul ^c   Profenna, Leonardo ^a   Grogan, Patrick ^e   Sladky, John ^e   Brown, Anthony ^c   Robinson, Andrew ^e   Rowland, Laura ^f   Hong, Elliot ^f   Patel, Beenish ^f   Tate, David ^g   Kawano, Elaine S ^b   Fox, Peter ^c,d   Kochunov, Peter ^f  

^a Aerospace Medicine Consultation Division ^*  (United States)

^b WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e Department of Neuroradiology ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RANK SUM TEST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; BRAIN; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884496735     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a1ab12     Document Type: Article

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