Temporal lobe pathology in epilepsy: Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy and positron emission tomography study

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 98-104

  Holopainen, Irma E ^a,d   Lundbom, Nina M ^b   Metsähonkala, E Liisa ^a   Komu, Markku E ^b   Sonninen, Pirkko H ^b   Haaparanta, Merja T ^c   Bergman, Jörgen R ^a   Sillanpää, Matti L ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NEURONS; PROTONS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030903911     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(96)00315-3     Document Type: Article

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