Magnetic resonance and functional magnetic resonance imaging: Tools for the study of human epilepsy

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 88-91

  Kuzniecky, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030909339     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199704000-00003     Document Type: Article

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