European Journal of Radiology
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , July 2002

Gray–white matter discrimination—a possible marker for brain damage in heat stroke?

  • Oded Szold

      Affiliations

    • General Intensive Care Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 6 Weizman Street, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972-3-697-3248; fax: +972-3-560-4364
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  • Irith I. Reider-Groswasser

      Affiliations

    • Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 6 Weizman Street, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Ron Ben Abraham

      Affiliations

    • General Intensive Care Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 6 Weizman Street, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Galit Aviram

      Affiliations

    • Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 6 Weizman Street, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Yoram Segev

      Affiliations

    • Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 6 Weizman Street, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Philippe Biderman

      Affiliations

    • General Intensive Care Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 6 Weizman Street, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Patrick Sorkine

      Affiliations

    • General Intensive Care Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 6 Weizman Street, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Received 20 July 2001 ,Revised 20 October 2001 ,Accepted 25 October 2001.

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European Journal of Radiology
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