Morphometric analysis of the temporal lobe in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 727-736

  Lee, J W ^a   Andermann, F ^a   Dubeau, F ^a   Bernasconi, A ^a   MacDonald, D ^a   Evans, A ^a   Reutens, D C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Epilepsy; Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOCORTEX; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031855417     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01158.x     Document Type: Article

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