Infantile encephalitic beriberi: magnetic resonance imaging findings

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 96-103

  Wani, Nisar A ^a   Qureshi, Umar A ^a   Jehangir, Majid ^a   Ahmad, Kaiser ^a   Ahmad, Waseem ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Infantile encephalitic beriberi; Infants; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Thiamine; Wernicke encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; THIAMINE;

ARTICLE; BERIBERI; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANTILE ENCEPHALITIC BERIBERI; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THALAMUS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN; CHILD; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 84953837847     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-015-3437-2     Document Type: Article

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