User talk:Flicques

Cerebral edema
Dear Sir, I consulted many Wikipedia articles, which I greatly appreciate. This comment is about the article on Cerebral Edema, which provides a classification upon which I agree. I have devoted many years of my working life to research on brain edema. I was the first to isolate vasogenic brain edema fluid (Gazendam J, Go KG, van Zanten AK: Composition of isolated edema fluid in cold-induced edema. J Neurosurg 51, 70-77 (1979). I studied the cerebral fluid environment and was among the first to study brain tissue by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Go KG, Edzes HT: Water in brain edema. Observations by the pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance technique. Arch Neurol 32, 464-465 (1975).) and the first to publish an article on MRI of cerebral lesions and brain edema (Go KG, van Dijk P, Luiten AL, Brouwer-van Herwijnen AA, van der Leeuw IJCL, Kamman RL, Vencken LM, Wilmink J, Berendsen HJC: Interpretation of nuclear magnetic resonance tomograms of the brain. J Neurosurg 59, 574-584 (1983).)The relation of brain edema to intracranial pressure and cerebral blood flow and blood-brain barrier has been documented in my book: Go KG: Cerebral Pathophysiology. An Integral Approach with Some Emphasis on Clinical Implications, Elsevier, Amsterdam (1991).I have learnt that Wikipedia is in need of contributors, so I will gladly contribute to these issues if you judge that it may be helpful. Sincerely, K. Gwan Go, M.D. Ph. D, Prof em. Neurosurgery, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.