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Findings from Structural MR Imaging in Military Traumatic Brain Injury

Gerard Riedy, Justin S. Senseney, Wei Liu, John Ollinger, Elyssa Sham, Pavel Krapiva, Jigar B. Patel, A S Smith, Ping‐Hong Yeh, John L. Graner,

Radiology · 2015 · 71 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

Blast-related injury and loss of consciousness is common in military TBI. Structural MR imaging demonstrates a high incidence of white matter T2-weighted hyperintense areas and pituitary abnormalities, with a low incidence of microhemorrhage in the chronic phase.

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