The American Academy of Neurology now recommends that all cases of cerebral palsy of
unknown origin undergo neuroimaging. Controversy surrounds this recommendation because …

Background Case fatality rates among African children with cerebral malaria remain in the
range of 15 to 25%. The key pathogenetic processes and causes of death are unknown, but a …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Recent improvements in MR gradient technology allow
significant increases in diffusion weighting without prohibitive signal-to-noise degradation. The …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: There have been few neuroimaging studies of pediatric CM,
a common often fatal tropical condition. We undertook a prospective study of pediatric CM …

Brain swelling is a major predictor of mortality in pediatric cerebral malaria (CM). However,
the mechanisms leading to swelling remain poorly defined. Here, we combined neuroimaging…

PURPOSE: To use a standardized set of chest radiographs to quantify interobserver
differences and to provide a basis for comparing the diagnostic performance of physicians. …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Recent research has suggested the importance of plaque
composition to identify patients at risk for stroke. This study aims to identify specific plaque …

… Potchen: conceptualized the NeuroInterp program and worked on early prototypes, … MJ
Potchen has received research funding from the US NIH and the Dana Foundation. SD …

Understanding the mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of cerebral malaria in
patients with Plasmodium falciparum infection is necessary to implement new curative …

METHODS: We conducted an exposure-control study of 85 survivors of CM and 100 age-matched
patients in a control group who were enrolled at hospital discharge and assessed …