Pediatric Neurology
Volume 42, Issue 6 , Pages 437-440 , June 2010

Perfusion MRI Demonstrates Crossed-Cerebellar Diaschisis in Sickle Cell Disease

  • Ruth L. O'Gorman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • Magnetic Resonance Zentrum, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. O'Gorman; Magnetic Resonance Zentrum, University Children's Hospital; Steinwiesstrasse 75; Zurich CH-8032, Switzerland.
    • ,
  • Ata Siddiqui, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • David C. Alsop, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Jozef M. Jarosz, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Received 16 October 2009 ,Accepted 11 February 2010.

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PII: S0887-8994(10)00088-3

doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.02.008

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 42, Issue 6 , Pages 437-440 , June 2010

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