Non-accidental brain trauma in infants: diffusion imaging, contributions to understanding the injury process.
Analysis of MRI diffusion images from 33 infants suffering from non-accidental trauma reveals five patterns of injury. These are diffuse supratentorial hypoxic ischemic, watershed hypoxic ischemic, venous infarction, diffuse axonal injury and contusion.
Zimmerman
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Department of Radiology, Wood Room 2115, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. zimmerman@email.chop.edu
Bilaniuk
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D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male