Journal article
1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Investigate Potential Etiologies of Brain Swelling in Pediatric Cerebral Malaria.
Abstract
The hallmark of pediatric cerebral malaria (CM) is sequestration of parasitized red blood cells in the cerebral microvasculature. Malawi-based research using 0.35 Tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) established that severe brain swelling is associated with fatal CM, but swelling etiology remains unclear. Autopsy and clinical studies suggest several potential etiologies, but limitations of 0.35 T MRI precluded optimal investigations into …
Authors
Potchen MJ; Kampondeni SD; Seydel KB; Haacke EM; Sinyangwe SS; Mwenechanya M; Glover SJ; Milner DA; Zeli E; Hammond CA
Journal
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 98, No. 2, pp. 497–504
Publisher
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Publication Date
February 2018
DOI
10.4269/ajtmh.17-0309
ISSN
0002-9637