Value of single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy in temporal lobe epilepsy

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1131-1139

  Achten, Eric ^a   Boon, Paul ^a   Van De Kerckhove, Tom ^a   Caemaert, Jacques ^a   De Reuck, Jacques ^a   Kunnen, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance, spectroscopy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; NEURORADIOLOGY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031546011     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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