Multimodality MRI in mesial temporal sclerosis: Relative sensitivity and specificity

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 774-778

  Kuzniecky, Ruben I ^a,c   Bilir, E ^a   Gilliam, F ^a   Faught, E ^a   Palmer, C ^a   Morawetz, R ^a   Jackson, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c University Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0030805289     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.3.774     Document Type: Article

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