New nuclear magnetic resonance data in epilepsy

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 98-102

  Prichard, James W ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GABAPENTIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN WATER; DIFFUSION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURE;

EID: 0030900701     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199704000-00005     Document Type: Article

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