Reversible signal abnormalities in the hippocampus and neocortex after prolonged seizures

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1725-1731

  Chan, Stephen ^a,c   Chin, Steven S M ^a   Kartha, Krishnan ^b   Nordli, Douglas R ^a   Goodman, Robert R ^a   Pedley, Timothy A ^a   Hilal, Sadek K ^a  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Milstein Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, magnetic resonance; Brain, temporal lobe; Hippocampus; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEOCORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ASTROCYTES; BIOPSY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0029854335     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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