Relative utility of 1H spectroscopic imaging and hippocampal volumetry in the lateralization of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-71

  Kuzniecky, Ruben ^a,b   Hugg, J W ^a   Hetherington, H ^a   Butterworth, E ^a   Bilir, E ^a   Faught, E ^a   Gilliam, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOLUMETRY; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCLEROSIS; STANDARD;

PROTON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0031594944     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.1.66     Document Type: Article

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