Etiology and early prognosis of newly diagnosed partial seizures in adults: A quantitative hippocampal MRI study

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 753-757

  Van Paesschen, W ^a,c   Duncan, J S ^a   Stevens, J M ^a   Connelly, A ^b  

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

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0030876245     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.3.753     Document Type: Article

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