The amygdala and intractable temporal lobe epilepsy: A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1021-1031

  Van Paesschen, Wim ^a,b,c   Connelly, Alan ^b   Johnson, Cheryl L ^b   Duncan, John S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0029837078     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.4.1021     Document Type: Article

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