Neuroimaging and spectroscopy in children with epileptic encephalopathies

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-43

  Parker, Alasdair P J ^a,c   Ferrie, Colin D ^b   Keevil, Steven ^a   Newbold, Marcus ^a   Cox, Timothy ^a   Maisey, Michael ^a   Robinson, Richard O ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPLASIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031849533     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.79.1.39     Document Type: Article

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