Quantitative MRI of mesial temporal structures in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.10, 1997, Pages 3-12

  Van Paesschen, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hippocampal sclerosis; MRI; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN ATROPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0031472413     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb00085.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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