Magnetic resonance imaging evidence of hippocampal injury after prolonged focal febrile convulsions

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-426

  VanLandingham, Kevan E ^a   Heinz, E Ralph ^a   Cavazos, Jose E ^b   Lewis, Darrell V ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0031745703     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430403     Document Type: Article

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