Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients with complex partial seizures

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 593-598

  Hsu, Yuan Yu ^a,c   Chang, Chen Nen ^a   Chu, Nai Shin ^a   Chang, Chen ^b   Hsu, Jee Ching ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epileptogenic foci; Neuronal loss; Reactive astrocytosis

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030762898     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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