Proton spectroscopy in children with epilepsy and febrile convulsions

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-99

  Holopainen, Irma E ^a   Valtonen, Mauno E ^a   Komu, Markku E ^a   Sonninen, Pirkko H ^a   Manner, Tuula E ^a   Lundbom, Nina M I ^a   Sillanpää, Matti L ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ASPARTIC ACID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHOCREATINE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031710208     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(98)00028-9     Document Type: Article

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