Usefulness of proton MR spectroscopy in the evaluation of temporal lobe epilepsy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 771-776

  Thompson, Jill E ^a   Castillo, Mauricio ^a   Kwock, Lester ^a   Walters, Bradford ^a   Beach, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE CHOLINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID CHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0031932657     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.3.9490972     Document Type: Article

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