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15866433

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to detect the diagnostic value of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in different pediatric cerebral diseases involving the cerebral white and gray matter and to compare the diffusion properties with age-matched normal children. Conventional and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging were performed in 21 children with various neurologic disorders and 25 normal control subjects. Apparent diffusion coefficients were measured from the brain lesions and 12 normal-appearing white and gray matter areas in the study group. Twelve normal-appearing areas were also measured in the control group. Apparent diffusion coefficient values obtained from the normal subjects were similar to values described in the literature but were significantly different from the control subjects. Apparent diffusion coefficient values for the neurodegenerative disease group (n = 8), the anoxic encephalopathy group (n = 4), the subacute sclerosing panencephalitis group (n = 4), the acute disseminated encephalomyelitis group (n = 3), and the encephalitis group (n = 2) were respectively between 0.29-1.85 x 10(-5) cm2/s, 0.13-1.87 x 10(-5) cm2/s, 0.96-1.57 x 10(-5) cm2/s, 0.49-0.73 x 10(-5) cm2/s, and 0.42-1.50 x 10(-5) cm2/s. Although this study is limited because of the size of the patient sample and disease heterogeneity, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging provides useful and complementary information regarding the degree of involvement in different pediatric neurologic disorders.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0887-8994
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
325-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-5-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnostic value of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric cerebral diseases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial