Lesions in deep gray nuclei after severe traumatic brain injury predict neurologic outcome.

This study evaluates the correlation between injuries to deep gray matter nuclei, as quantitated by lesions in these nuclei on MR T2 Fast Spin Echo (T2 FSE) images, with 6-month neurological outcome after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).Ninety-five patients (80 males, mean age = 36.7y) with seve...

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Main Authors: Frédéric Clarençon, Éric Bardinet, Jacques Martinerie, Vincent Pelbarg, Nicolas Menjot de Champfleur, Rajiv Gupta, Eléonore Tollard, Gustavo Soto-Ares, Danielle Ibarrola, Emmanuelle Schmitt, Thomas Tourdias, Vincent Degos, Jérome Yelnik, Didier Dormont, Louis Puybasset, Damien Galanaud, Neuro Imaging for Coma Emergence and Recovery (NICER) consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5667824?pdf=render