Brain Diseases - Diagnosis
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Successful electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with intellectual disability and bipolar disorder, with catatonic features misdiagnosed as encephalopathy.

30 Aug 2009 We describe the successful use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in a 39-year-old woman with a complex clinical picture including bipolar disorder with catatonic features superimposed on a history of multiple congenital anomalies and intellectual ... Read more...

[Arterial spin labeling: state of the art]

30 Aug 2009 Arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion MR imaging is a technique by which water from circulating arterial blood is magnetically labeled and acts as a diffusible tracer allowing non-invasive measurement of cerebral blood flow. In this paper, the ... Read more...

[Posterior cortical atrophy]

30 Aug 2009 Posterior cortical atrophy belongs to the progressive focal atrophy group of neurodegenerative diseases. It is characterized by specific clinical deficits in visual perception, which can affect either visuo-spatial features or identity of objects. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Brain Diseases - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Images in clinical medicine. Living with one hemisphere--a large porencephalic cyst. 13 Oct 2009
• Structured radiology reporting: are we there yet? 29 Sep 2009
• Brain and disease: the long path to discovery and treatment. 29 Sep 2009
• Reflections: neurology and the humanities. 6 Sep 2009
• Successful electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with intellectual disability and bipolar disorder, with catatonic features misdiagnosed as encephalopathy. 30 Aug 2009
• [Arterial spin labeling: state of the art] 30 Aug 2009
• [Posterior cortical atrophy] 30 Aug 2009
• Principles, techniques, and applications of T2*-based MR imaging and its special applications. 30 Aug 2009
• Hashimoto encephalopathy presenting as schizophrenia-like disorder. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinical reasoning: a 35-year-old man with a right hemiplegia and a cerebral mass. 23 Aug 2009
• Incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging. 23 Aug 2009
• Incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis. 15 Aug 2009
• Imaging of the cerebellopontine angle. 30 Jul 2009
• [Out of balance: key symptom vertigo] 30 Jul 2009
• [Acute brain stem syndromes] 30 Jul 2009
• Diagnostic pitfalls in fetal brain MRI. 30 Jul 2009
• Fetal magnetic resonance imaging of acquired and developmental brain anomalies. 30 Jul 2009
• Neurosurgical management of intracranial epidermoid tumors in children. Clinical article. 30 Jul 2009
• Multisite neuroimaging trials. 30 Jul 2009
• Serial follow-up MRI of indeterminate cystic lesions of the pineal region: experience at a rural tertiary care referral center. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Brain Diseases'

Definition: Pathologic conditions affecting the BRAIN, which is composed of the intracranial components of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. This includes (but is not limited to) the CEREBRAL CORTEX; intracranial white matter; BASAL GANGLIA; THALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN STEM; and CEREBELLUM.

Descriptor UI: D001927

Alternative terms: Brain Diseases; Brain Disease; Central Nervous System Disorders, Intracranial; Intracranial CNS Disorders; CNS Disorders, Intracranial; CNS Disorder, Intracranial; Intracranial CNS Disorder; Encephalon Diseases; Encephalon Disease; Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorders; Brain Disorders; Brain Disorder; Central Nervous System Intracranial Disorders; Pathology, Brain; Brain Pathology;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.140;