World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 63-68 , January 2010

Assessment of therapeutic response in patients with brain abscess using diffusion tensor imaging

  • Kavindra Nath, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP 226014, India
    • ,
  • Mahesh Ramola, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Chhatrapati SahuJi Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, UP 266003, India
    • ,
  • Mazhar Husain, MCh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Chhatrapati SahuJi Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, UP 266003, India
    • ,
  • Manoj Kumar, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP 226014, India
    • ,
  • Kashi Prasad, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP 226014, India
    • ,
  • Rakesh Gupta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP 226014, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 522 2668700x2599 (O), 2600 (R); fax: +91 522 2668017.

Received 8 July 2008 ,Accepted 8 April 2009.

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PII: S0090-3019(09)00351-6

doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.04.003

World Neurosurgery
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