Magnetic resonance imaging in epilepsy with a fast FLAIR sequence

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 357-361

  Wieshmann, U C ^a,c   Free, S L ^a,c   Everitt, A D ^a,c   Bartlett, P A ^c   Barker, G J ^a   Tofts, P S ^a   Duncan, J S ^a,c   Shorvon, S D ^a,c   Stevens, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Fluid attenuated inversion recovery; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TERATOMA;

EID: 0029856823     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.61.4.357     Document Type: Article

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