Acute postictal cerebral imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1485-1488

  Silverstein, Andrew M ^a   Alexander, Julia A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032231693     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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