Correlation of seizure frequency with N-acetyl-aspartate levels determined by 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 475-478

  Garcia, Paul A ^a,d   Laxer, K D ^a   Van Der Grond, J ^b   Hugg, J W ^c   Matson, G B ^e   Weiner, M W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging; MRSI; Seizure frequency; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0030861236     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(96)00327-X     Document Type: Article

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